First Night of the Proms

Overview

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