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A Child of Our Time

The LPO is joined by the London Adventist Chorale, plus an exceptional team of soloists in a performance of Tippett's great wartime oratorio.

“The world turns on its dark side”: so begins Michael Tippett’s choral masterpiece ‘A Child of our Time’, composed during the early years of the Second World War and giving expression to Tippett’s hopes for a better world. Tippett’s secular oratorio is built around the plangent melodies of African-American spirituals – and for this performance, the LPO forces are joined by the London Adventist Chorale, plus an exceptional team of soloists.

Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music – written just a year earlier, by another musical visionary – offers radiant calm before Tippett’s emotional storm.

Presented by Martin Handley.

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Nadine Benjamin, soprano
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Kenneth Tarver, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
London Adventist Chorale
Soloists of the Royal College of Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 2 Dec 2022 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade To Music

    Singer: Nadine Benjamin. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Singer: Kenneth Tarver. Singer: Roderick Williams. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    Lento in E major

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • William Lloyd Webber - Invocation.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Michael Tippett

    A Child Of Our Time

    Singer: Nadine Benjamin. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Singer: Kenneth Tarver. Singer: Roderick Williams. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Choir: London Adventist Chorale. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Trio in D Minor (2nd Version): I. Allegro

    Ensemble: Klaviertrio Hannover.
    • Missing Link.
    • Genuin.
    • 101.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Trio in D Minor (2nd Version): IV. Finale. Allegro

    Performer: Katharina Sellheim. Performer: Łucja Madziar. Performer: Johannes Krebs. Ensemble: Klaviertrio Hannover.
    • Missing Link.
    • Genuin.
    • 104.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Dec 2022 19:30
    BBC Radio 3