A Child of Our Time
Tom McKinney introduces a concert of music by Britten and Tippett from Symphony Hall Birmingham given by the CBSO and Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla.
鈥淭he world turns on its dark side鈥�, so begins Michael Tippett鈥檚 choral masterpiece 鈥楢 Child of our Time鈥�, composed during the early years of the Second World War and giving expression to Tippett鈥檚 hopes for a better world. The performance of the secular oratorio this evening, with a starry cast, opens the CBSO鈥檚 new concert season under its Musical Director Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla, and is presented alongside a piece in a similar vein, from the same period, by Tippett鈥檚 contemporary, Benjamin Britten. The concert is introduced by Tom McKinney.
PART ONE
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
INTERVAL
Michael Tippett: Piano Sonata No 1 - First Mvt: Allegro
(Peter Donohoe - Piano CD)
Tom McKinney talks with Tippett biographer Oliver Soden about the background to 鈥楢 Child of our Time鈥�.
PART TWO
Michael Tippett: A Child of our Time
Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla 鈥� conductor
Talise Trevigne 鈥� soprano
Felicity Palmer 鈥� mezzo
Joshua Stewart 鈥� tenor
Brindley Sherratt 鈥� bass
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Chorus Master: Simon Halsey)
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Benjamin Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla. -
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Michael Tippett
Sonata No 1 for piano
Performer: Peter Donohoe.- TIPPETT: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3.
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Michael Tippett
A Child of our Time
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla. -
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Richard Strauss
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op.60 - suite for orchestra
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
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- Tue 1 Oct 2019 19:30麻豆社 Radio 3
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