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1The world turns on its dark side
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I: Chorus: "The world turns on its dark side" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I.
Sir Michael Tippett5:00
2Man has measured the heavens
solo contralto vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I: The Argument "Man has measured the heavens"; Orchestral Interludium (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I.
Sir Michael Tippett1:54
3Is evil then good?
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
solo contralto vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I: Scena "Is evil then good?" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I.
Sir Michael Tippett4:00
4Now in each nation; When Shall The Userers' City Cease
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I: "Now in each nation there were some cast out" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I.
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed "When shall the usurer's city cease?" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I.
Sir Michael Tippett3:14
5I have no money for my bread
solo tenor vocals:
Richard Cassilly (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I: "I have no money for my bread" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part I.
Sir Michael Tippett3:12
6How Can I Cherish My Man In Such Days? Spiritual: 'Steal Away'
Sir Michael Tippett5:06
7A star rises in mid-winter
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: Chorus: "A star rises in midwinter" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
Sir Michael Tippett3:24
8And A Time Came; Away With Them! - Where? How? Why? Where They Could; We Cannot Have Them In Our Empire; And The Boy's Mother
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous "We cannot have them in our Empire" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted "Away with them!" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: The Narrator "And a time came" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: The Narrator "And the boy's mother wrote" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: The Narrator "Where they could, they fled" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
Sir Michael Tippett2:23
9O my son!
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
solo contralto vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
solo soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano)
solo tenor vocals:
Richard Cassilly (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: Scena "O my son!" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
Sir Michael Tippett1:14
10Spiritual: Nobody knows the trouble I see
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
solo contralto vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
solo soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano)
solo tenor vocals:
Richard Cassilly (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: A Spiritual "Nobody knows the trouble I see" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
is based on:
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
Sir Michael Tippett1:14
11The boy becomes desperate in his agony
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
solo contralto vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: Scena: "The boy becomes desperate" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
Sir Michael Tippett1:22
12They took a terrible vengeance
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: The Narrator "Men were ashamed" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: The Narrator "They took a terrible vengeance" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: The Terror "Burn down their houses!" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
Sir Michael Tippett2:03
13A spiritual of anger: Go down, Moses
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: A Spiritual of Anger "Go down, Moses" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
is based on:
Go Down Moses (spiritual)
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
Sir Michael Tippett2:57
14My dreams are all shattered
solo tenor vocals:
Richard Cassilly (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II: The Boy Sings in his Prison "My dreams are all shattered" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part II.
Sir Michael Tippett3:09
15What have I done to you, my son? The Dark Forces Rise Like A Flood; Spiritual: 'O, By And By'
Sir Michael Tippett3:37
16The cold deepens
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III: Chorus "The cold deepens" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III.
Sir Michael Tippett4:49
17The soul of man
solo contralto vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III: "The soul of man" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III.
Sir Michael Tippett2:12
18The words of wisdom are these
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III: Scena "The words of wisdom" (from 1965-03 until 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III.
Sir Michael Tippett4:20
19Preludium To The General Ensemble; General Ensemble: I would know my shadow and my light
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
solo contralto vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
solo soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano)
solo tenor vocals:
Richard Cassilly (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III: General Ensemble "I would know my shadow and my light" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III.
Sir Michael Tippett5:53
20Deep river
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
solo bass vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
solo contralto vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
solo soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano)
solo tenor vocals:
Richard Cassilly (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (in 1975-03)
recording of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III: A Spiritual "Deep river" (in 1975-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1939 until 1941)
publisher:
Schott Music GmbH
is based on:
Deep River
part of:
A Child of Our Time: Part III.
Sir Michael Tippett3:26
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