Tippett’s response to the infamous Krystallnacht pogrom against the Jews in 1938 was his first major statement as an artist. Tippett took the title, A Child of Our Time, from a novel about a Nazi solider who suffers for showing compassion, whilst the intensity of the piece is heightened by his use of spiritual songs at the end of each section.

Composer Tippett
Conductor Sir Colin Davis
Performers London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
Soloists Indra Thomas, Mihoko Fujimura, Steve Davislim, Matthew Rose

A Child of Our Time
1. Nos 1-2. The World Turns On Its Dark Side: Interludium
2. Nos 3-5. Scene: Is Evil Then Good?: Chorus of the Oppressed, When Shall the Userers' City Cease
3. Nos 6-7. I Have No Money for My Bread - How Can I Cherish My Man In Such Days
4. No 8. A Spiritual, Steal Away
5. Nos 9-15. A Star Rises in Mid-Winter - Scene, O My Son!
6. No 16. A Spiritual, Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord
7. Nos 17-20. Scene, the Boy Becomes Desperate In His Agony - Men Were Ashamed of What Was Done
8. No 21. A Spiritual of Anger, Go Down Moses
9. Nos 22-24. The Boy Sings In His Prison, My Dreams Are All Shattered - the Dark Forces Rise Like a Flood
10. No 25. A Spiritual, O, By and By
11. Nos 26-27. The Cold Deepens, the Soul of Man
12. No 28. Scene, the Words of Wisdom Are These - Praeludium
13. No 29. General Ensemble, I Would Know My Shadow and My Light
14. No 30. A Spiritual, Deep River

Release date 30 June 2008
LSO0670 | 822231167020

Producer James Mallinson
Engineers Classic Sound Ltd

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