Tonight's Prom at the Royal Albert Hall honours the life and immense achievement of the late Michael Tippett with the work with which he made his name - a moving reaction to the mindless horrors of war. It is coupled with an orchestral re-creation of music by Beethoven - the composer who most inspired Tippett.
Deborah Riedel (soprano), Nora Gubisch (mezzo), Jerry Hadley (tenor), John Tomlinson (bass), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
Beethoven, orch Colin Davis/David Matthews Quartet in E flat. Op 127
8.05 I Would Know My Shadow and My Light
Valentine Cunningham looks at the literary sources for Tippett's A Child of Our Time.
8.25 Tippett A Child of Our Time