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

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

‘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

A Child of Our Time by Vaughan Williams, Tippett, From (2022/2022), Conductor Edward Gardner, South Bank Centre, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues