BBC Proms - Season 70 Episode 4
Michael Tippett's secular oratorio A Child of Our Time is his most widely performed work. It is an impassioned protest against persecution and tyranny with an overriding message of peace. Renowned British baritone and composer Roderick Williams takes a look at the story behind A Child of Our Time and introduces conductor Mark Wigglesworth, the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and soloists Tamara Wilson (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor) and James Creswell (bass). In 1938, a young Polish Jew, whose parents were deported by the Nazis, shot a German diplomat in Paris. The Nazis seized on the assassination to rile Hitler's supporters into an anti-Semitic frenzy. Tippett shared the public horror at the events that followed and in 1939, began writing a musical protest, a work that expressed deep rage at the unprecedented crimes being committed by the Nazi regime, and despair at man's ability to commit acts of inhumanity.
First Air Date : 1947-09-13
Last Air date : 2024-12-24
Runtime : 57 minutes
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- Season 70 : Episode 12016-07-15
- Season 70 : Episode 22016-07-15
- Season 70 : Episode 162016-09-02
- Season 70 : Episode 82016-08-20
- Season 70 : Episode 32016-07-22
- Season 70 : Episode 62016-08-06
- Season 70 : Episode 92016-08-22
- Season 70 : Episode 182016-09-10
- Season 70 : Episode 172016-09-09
- Season 70 : Episode 192016-09-10
- Season 70 : Episode 202016-09-10
- Season 70 : Episode 152016-08-28
- Season 70 : Episode 42016-07-24
- Season 70 : Episode 132016-08-26
- Season 70 : Episode 72016-08-13
- Season 70 : Episode 102016-08-23
- Season 70 : Episode 52016-08-05
- Season 70 : Episode 142016-08-26
