BBC Proms
First Night of the Proms
S41 • E2 Jul 17, 1987
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