Part 2: Tippett
A Child of our Time
Sir Michael Tippett 's oratorio is a compassionate outcry against injustice and persecution, enhanced by the use of negro spirituals.
Sir Michael himself describes the work as a passion about man 'whose god has left the light of the heavens for the dark of the collective unconscious.'
Faye Robinson (soprano) Cynthia Clarey (mezzo-soprano)
Neil Jenkins (tenor) Robert Lloyd (bass) BBC Singers
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BBC Proms · Season 41 · Episode 2
Part 2: Tippett
A Child of our Time
Sir Michael Tippett 's oratorio is a compassionate outcry against injustice and persecution, enhanced by the use of negro spirituals.
Sir Michael himself describes the work as a passion about man 'whose god has left the light of the heavens for the dark of the collective unconscious.'
Faye Robinson (soprano) Cynthia Clarey (mezzo-soprano)
Neil Jenkins (tenor) Robert Lloyd (bass) BBC Singers
A Child of our Time
Sir Michael Tippett 's oratorio is a compassionate outcry against injustice and persecution, enhanced by the use of negro spirituals.
Sir Michael himself describes the work as a passion about man 'whose god has left the light of the heavens for the dark of the collective unconscious.'
Faye Robinson (soprano) Cynthia Clarey (mezzo-soprano)
Neil Jenkins (tenor) Robert Lloyd (bass) BBC Singers
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41
Episode
2
Air Date
17/Jul/1987
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