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Brett Dean: Composing Socrates
Simon Rattle conducts Tippett’s “A Child of Our Time”
It is one of the most significant oratorios of the 20th century: Michael Tippett’s A Child of our Time. Based on a story from the Nazi era, the work is a call for humanity and justice. The concert also includes the premiere of Brett Dean’s The Last Days of Socrates – another innovative work whose aim is to breathe new life into the genre of the oratorio. Simon Rattle conducts.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
Rundfunkchor Berlin
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