BBC Proms
Season 70 Episode 4 - Prom 11: A Child of Our Time
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.
Episodes in Season 70
First Night of the Proms, Part One
57 min
First Night of the Proms, Part Two
48 min
Prom 8: Strictly Prom
114 min
Prom 11: A Child of Our Time
72 min
Prom 27: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
100 min
Prom 29: The Planets with The NYO
143 min
Prom 38: Gershwin Gala with the John Wilson Orchestra
Prom 4: Ravel and Rachmaninov
118 min
Prom 49: Quincy Jones Prom
121 min
Prom 36: Jamie Cullum Prom
84 min
Prom 54: Mozart Requiem
103 min
Prom 21: Mozart from Memory
Prom 43: Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Prom 64: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 7 in E minor
80 min
Prom 74: Verdi – Requiem
86 min
Prom 56 – CBeebies Prom: A Musical Journey
50 min
Last Night of the Proms, Part One
94 min
Last Night of the Proms, Part Two
115 min
