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Released on Philips Classics, also Serenade no. 10 in B-flat major, K. 370a/361: Adagio (Wind Ensemble of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields), Oboe Concerto in D minor: II. Adagio (Heinz Holliger) and Serenade in B-flat, KV 361 “Gran Partita”: 7. Finale (Molto allegro) (Wind Ensemble of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
Written by Sir Michael Tippett, also Little Music: II. Fugue: Allegro moderato (a tempo doppio più mosso) (Academy of St Martin in the Fields), Little Music: III. Air: Andante espressivo (Academy of St Martin in the Fields) and Little Music: I. Prelude: Maestoso (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
Part of A Child of Our Time, also A Child of Our Time: Part 1: “How Can I Cherish My Man in Such Days…steal Away”, A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “Nobody Knows the Trouble I See” and A Child of Our Time: Part 2: “What Have I Done to You, My Son? …O, by and by”
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Sir Michael Tippett wrote 3 of BBC Symphony Chorus’s top 10 songs
Sir Michael Tippett wrote 63 songs on fono
Sir Michael Tippett’s most frequent co-writer is William Shakespeare (3 songs together)
Sir Michael Tippett first appears on fono in 1989, 27 years before this song
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Sir Michael Tippett
- Performed by
- BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, Dame Janet Baker, Jessye Norman, John Shirley‐Quirk and Richard Cassilly
- Part of
- A Child of Our Time
- Released on
- Philips Classics
- Written by
- Sir Michael Tippett
- Performed by
- BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, Dame Janet Baker, Jessye Norman, John Shirley‐Quirk and Richard Cassilly
- Part of
- A Child of Our Time
- Released on
- Philips Classics
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Sir Michael Tippett
Same label: Philips Classics
Same release: A Child of Our Time
Same writer: Sir Michael Tippett
Same label: Philips Classics
Same release: A Child of Our Time
Same writer: Sir Michael Tippett
Same label: Philips Classics
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by BBC Singers
A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by BBC Singers
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2MusicBrainz A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by BBC Symphony Chorus
A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by BBC Symphony Chorus
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by Dame Janet Baker
A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by Dame Janet Baker
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by Jessye Norman
A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by Jessye Norman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by John Shirley‐Quirk
A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by John Shirley‐Quirk
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by Richard Cassilly
A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was performed by Richard Cassilly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was written by Sir Michael Tippett
A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was written by Sir Michael Tippett
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” is part of the release A Child of Our Time
A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” is part of the release A Child of Our Time
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Philips Classics is the label of the song A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River”
Philips Classics is the label of the song A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River”
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was released on 2016-02-25
A Child of Our Time: Part 3: “Deep River” was released on 2016-02-25
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026