Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) | Symphony no. 4 in F minor | |
| Tippett, Michael (1905-1998) | A Child of Our Time |
Performers
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Ryan Wigglesworth | Conductor |
| Claire Booth | Soprano |
| Pamela Helen Stephen | Mezzo-soprano |
| Ben Johnson | Tenor |
| Matthew Rose | Bass |
| London Philharmonic Choir |
Hear A Child of our Time, Tippett's powerful message of hope and optimism against war and oppression.
As Europe slipped towards fascism, Michael Tippett felt the urge to protest in music - to show solidarity with those downtrodden by poverty and prejudice.
Then, in 1938, a young Polish Jew oppressed by the rise of Nazism shot a German diplomat dead in Paris. Tippett had the central figure for his 'oratorio of contemplation', A Child of our Time.
Taking Bach's Passions and Handel's Messiah as his models, Tippett ended each of his sections with his own arrangements of African-American spirituals.
'The world turns on its dark side,' proclaims the opening movement of Tippett's masterpiece, but it remains a work of stringent hope and optimism.
Free pre-concert event, 6.15pm until 6.45pm, Royal Festival Hall
Writer and broadcaster Daniel Snowman takes a look at Tippett's A Child of our Time.
As Europe slipped towards fascism, Michael Tippett felt the urge to protest in music - to show solidarity with those downtrodden by poverty and prejudice.
Then, in 1938, a young Polish Jew oppressed by the rise of Nazism shot a German diplomat dead in Paris. Tippett had the central figure for his 'oratorio of contemplation', A Child of our Time.
Taking Bach's Passions and Handel's Messiah as his models, Tippett ended each of his sections with his own arrangements of African-American spirituals.
'The world turns on its dark side,' proclaims the opening movement of Tippett's masterpiece, but it remains a work of stringent hope and optimism.
Free pre-concert event, 6.15pm until 6.45pm, Royal Festival Hall
Writer and broadcaster Daniel Snowman takes a look at Tippett's A Child of our Time.
