Name: A Child of Our Time
Start: 2023-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Philharmonic Hall

Organization

Conductor

Martyn Brabbins

Singer

Soprano

Nardus Williams

Mezzo-soprano

Kathryn Rudge

Tenor

Elgan Llyr Thomas

Baritone

Roderick Williams

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra

Others

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

A Child of Our Time

Liverpool

United Kingdom

Philharmonic Hall

A Child of Our Time: Concert Various

Public

Concert

Approved

Individual lives tell the stories for this programme. Jamaican-born British composer Eleanor Alberga is inspired by the memory of a dear friend, a “tower of strength”, with music that brings a character to life. Meanwhile, Vaughan Williams tells the tale of a vagabond on his travels who demands “give to me the life I love”. Tippett’s oratorio relates the tragedy of an individual’s desperate act, and over 80 years after its premiere, still resonates with its themes of oppression and disenfranchisement. His use of African-American spirituals to evoke, as he put it, those “cast out from the centre of our society onto the fringes” is as pertinent now as it was then.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer