Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time CD (2015) NEW SEALED Davis Baker BBC

Description: BRAND NEW AND SEALED CD  Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time (2015) CD Album  FAST & FREE SAME DAY SHIPPING A Child of Our Time is a secular oratorio by the British composer Michael Tippett (1905–1998), who also wrote the libretto. Composed between 1939 and 1941, it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on 19 March 1944. The work was inspired by events that affected Tippett profoundly: the assassination in 1938 of a German diplomat by a young Jewish refugee, and the Nazi government's reaction in the form of a violent pogrom against its Jewish population: Kristallnacht. Tippett's oratorio deals with these incidents in the context of the experiences of oppressed people generally, and carries a strongly pacifist message of ultimate understanding and reconciliation. The text's recurrent themes of shadow and light reflect the Jungian psychoanalysis which Tippett underwent in the years immediately before writing the work. The oratorio uses a traditional three-part format based on that of Handel's Messiah, and is structured in the manner of Bach's Passions. The work's most original feature is Tippett's use of African-American spirituals, which carry out the role allocated by Bach to chorales. Tippett justified this innovation on the grounds that these songs of oppression possess a universality absent from traditional hymns. A Child of Our Time was well received on its first performance, and has since been performed all over the world in many languages. A number of recorded versions are available, including one conducted by Tippett when he was 86 years old. TRACK LISTING  1 The World Turns On Its Dark Side 2 Man Has Measured the Heavens 3 Is Evil Then Good? 4 Now in Each Nation - When Shall the Userer's City Cease 5 I Have No Money for My Bread 6 How Can I Cherish My Man in Such Days...Steal Away 7 A Star Rises in Mid-winter 8 And a Time Came 9 O My Son! 10 Nobody Knows the Trouble I See 11 The Boy Becomes Desperate in His Agony 12 They Took a Terrible Vengeance 13 Go Down, Moses 14 My Dreams Are All Shattered 15 What Have I Done to You, My Son?...O, By and By 16 The Cold Deepens 17 The Soul of Man 18 The Words of Wisdom Are These 19 I Would Know My Shadow and My Light 20 Deep River

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Artist: Michael Tippett

CD Grading: Mint (M)

No Of Discs: 1

Record Label: Decca

Occasion: All Occasions

Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve

MPN: 0028947883517

Inlay Condition: Mint (M)

Colour: Black

Format: CD

Unit Type: Unit

Release Year: 2015

Language: English

Style: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Operetta, Oratorio, Spiritual, Choral, Classical

Features: Digipak, Remastered, Sealed, Studio Recording

Performer Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Unit Quantity: 1

Catalogue Number: 0028947883517

Composer: Michael Tippett

Release Title: Michael Tippett: A Child Of Our Time

Title: Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Case Condition: Mint (M)

Edition: Collector's Edition, New Edition, Remastered, Special Edition, Decca Classics

Type: Album

Producer: BBC Choral Society, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker, Jessye Norman, John Shirley-Quirk, Richard Cassilly, Sir Colin Davis

Era: Classic: Modern (1900-1975)

Instrument: Bassoon, Cello, Clarinet, Flute, French Horn, Harp, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Violin

Conductor: Janet Baker, Jessye Norman, John Shirley-Quirk, Richard Cassilly, Sir Colin Davis

Genre: Classical, Hymns & Marches, Opera, Progressive, World Music

Run Time: 4378 Sec

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom