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

A Child of Our Time by Various, From (2023/2023), Conductor Martyn Brabbins, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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