BBC Proms: First Night of the Proms

Aired 1987-07-17

Part 2: Tippett A Child of our Time Sir Michael Tippett 's oratorio is a compassionate outcry against injustice and persecution, enhanced by the use of negro spirituals. Sir Michael himself describes the work as a passion about man 'whose god has left the light of the heavens for the dark of the collective unconscious.' Faye Robinson (soprano) Cynthia Clarey (mezzo-soprano) Neil Jenkins (tenor) Robert Lloyd (bass) BBC Singers

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Episodes

Season

14 episodes

BBC Proms: First Night of the Proms

First Night of the Proms

First Night of the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms

Live from the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms

Live from the Proms: Part 1

Omnibus at the Proms

Last Night of the Proms

Last Night of the Proms

Omnibus