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Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Clarey

A Child of Our Time, Part I: The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Clarey

Tippett: A Child of Our Time

3 MINUTES AND 4 SECONDS • OCT 01 1992

Album tracklist

1
A Child of Our Time, Part I: The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)
05:00
2
A Child of Our Time, Part I: The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)
03:04
3
A Child of Our Time, Part I: Scene. Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus)
03:07
4
A Child of Our Time, Part I: Now in each nation there were some cast out (Bass)
01:10
5
A Child of Our Time, Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the userers' city cease…? (Chorus)
02:11
6
A Child of Our Time, Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor)
03:26
7
A Child of Our Time, Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days…? (Soprano)
03:33
8
A Child of Our Time, Part I: A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
02:33
9
A Child of Our Time, Part II: A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus)
03:40
10
A Child of Our Time, Part II: And a time came… (Bass)
00:17
11
A Child of Our Time, Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them!
00:56
12
A Child of Our Time, Part II: Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass)
00:22
13
A Child of Our Time, Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire
00:48
14
A Child of Our Time, Part II: And the boy's mother wrote a letter… (Bass)
00:14
15
A Child of Our Time, Part II: Scene. O my son! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
01:29
16
A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord ( Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
01:17
17
A Child of Our Time, Part II: Scene. The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Bass, Alto)
01:31
18
A Child of Our Time, Part II: They took a terrible vengeance (Bass)
00:33
19
A Child of Our Time, Part II: The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus)
01:01
20
A Child of Our Time, Part II: Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass)
00:37
21
A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus)
03:29
22
A Child of Our Time, Part II: The boy sings in his prison. My dreams are all shattered (Tenor)
03:43
23
A Child of Our Time, Part II: What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)
01:39
24
A Child of Our Time, Part II: The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto)
01:03
25
A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. O, by and by (Soprano, Chorus)
01:25
26
A Child of Our Time, Part III: The cold deepens (Chorus)
05:34
27
A Child of Our Time, Part III: The soul of man is impassioned (Alto)
02:18
28
A Child of Our Time, Part III: Scene. The world of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus)
06:51
29
A Child of Our Time, Part III: General Ensemble. I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus)
06:16
30
A Child of Our Time, Part III: A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus)
03:55
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
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A Child of Our Time, Part I: The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)
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