Name: A Child of Our Time
Start: 2022-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: South Bank Centre

Organization

Conductor

Edward Gardner

Singer

Soprano

Nadine Benjamin

Sopranos

Contralto

Sarah Connolly

Contraltos

Tenor

Kenneth Tarver

Tenors

Bass

Roderick Williams

Baritones/basses

soprano

Mezzo-soprano

mezzo-soprano

bass baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Others

London Philharmonic Choir

Orchestra

Southbank Centre

London Adventist Chorale

Soloists of the Royal College of Music

A Child of Our Time

London

United Kingdom

Royal Festival Hall

A Child of Our Time: Concert Various

Public

Serenade to Music

A Child of our Time

Approved

South Bank Centre

‘The world turns on its dark side. It is winter.’

Trumpets cry out in pain, then sink wearily downwards, and the chorus murmurs the heartbroken opening words of Tippett’s A Child of Our Time.

Composed at the start of the Second World War but provoked by decades of intolerance, Tippett’s landmark ‘modern oratorio’ is built around the soul-shaking melodies of African American spirituals.

For this performance we’re thrilled to welcome the London Adventist Chorale, plus an exceptional team of soloists.

Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music was written just a year earlier, by another musical visionary.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer