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July 17, 1987

02. First Night of the Proms

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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