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A Child of Our Time

Composer: Michael Tippett
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Date of broadcast: 08 April 2012

Tippett's opera-like meditation on oppression is also testament to his socialist and pacifist beliefs. Providing the music and text, Tippett's 1941 composition - in an early response to the Holocaust - is a call to action.

Composer: Michael Tippett
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
Performer: Nicole Cabell (Soprano)
Performer: Karen Cargill (Mezzo)
Performer: Toby Spence (Tenor)
Performer: Matthew Rose (Bass)
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Recording date: 23 March 2012
Date of broadcast: 08 April 2012

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1 hour, 5 minutes