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Special offer. Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone)

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis

Bass Ashley Riches shines particularly as the narrator, bringing a terrif ic clarity and command to the role. The BBC Symphony Orchestra give a fine performance, but the real star of the show... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2024 More…
  • Release Date: 3rd May 2024
  • Catalogue No: CHSA5341
  • Label: Chandos
  • Length: 63 minutes

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Contents

Tippett: A Child of our Time, Part I

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  • BBC Symphony Chorus, Sarah Connolly, Ashley Riches, Joshua Stewart, Pumeza Matshikiza, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)

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The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)

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Interludium

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Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus)

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The Narrator. Now in each nation there were some cast out... (Bass)

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Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the usurer's city cease? (Chorus)

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I have no money for my bread (Tenor)

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How can I cherish my man in such days...? (Soprano)

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A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)

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Tippett: A Child of our Time, Part II

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  • Pumeza Matshikiza, BBC Symphony Chorus, Ashley Riches, Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Joshua Stewart, Sir Andrew Davis

A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus)

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The Narrator. And a time came... (Bass)

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Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! (Chorus)

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The Narrator. Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass)

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Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus)

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The Narrator. And the boy's mother wrote a letter... (Bass)

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The Mother, the Uncle and Aunt, and the Boy. O my son! (Soloists)

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A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)

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The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Alto, Bass)

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The Narrator. They took a terrible vengeance (Bass)

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The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus)

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The Narrator. Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass)

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A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus)

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The Boy sings in his Prison. My dreams are all shattered in a ghastly reality (Tenor)

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The Mother. What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)

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The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto)

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A Spiritual. O! by and by (Soprano, Chorus)

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Tippett: A Child of our Time, Part III

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  • BBC Symphony Chorus, Sarah Connolly, Ashley Riches, Pumeza Matshikiza, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Joshua Stewart

The cold deepens (Chorus)

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The soul of man is impassioned… (Alto)

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The words of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus)

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Preludium

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I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus)

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A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus)

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