Synopsis

## Part 2: Tippett **A Child of Our Time** Sir Michael Tippett’s oratorio is a heartfelt protest against injustice and persecution, powerfully underscored by the inclusion of Negro spirituals. The composer himself has described the work as an impassioned meditation on humanity, a lament for those whose faith has abandoned the clarity of divine light for the obscurity of the collective unconscious. Faye Robinson (soprano), Cynthia Clarey (mezzo-soprano) Neil Jenkins (tenor), Robert L