In the year commemorating the 100th anniversary of Sir Michael Tippett’s birth, the Oxford Philomusica is joined by the Oxford Bach Choir and their conductor Nicholas Cleobury in a performance of the composer’s moving oratorio, A Child of Our Time.
A Child of Our Time was composed between 1939 and 1941, a period that had a profound effect on Tippett. The shocking events that took place during that time stunned him into composing an oratorio using his own text, to illustrate and examine how violence begets more violence.

This concert is promoted by the Oxford Bach Choir

Pre-concert Event
Prior to the main concert, there will be a performance by children from the
Wood Farm Primary School of their version of Child of our Time
which they will have been working in the week preceding this concert with the
Philomusica’s education team Opus! Led by Kate Comberti and Malcolm Atkins
the performance will be introduced by Nicholas Cleobury and will start at
6.30pm finishing promptly at 7.00pm. Admission is free.
For more details please call the Oxford Philomusica office on 0870 60 60 804.