Timely evening concert

The final concert in the Elder School of Music Evening Concert Series for 2004 promises to be a moving and inspirational event.

The only work on the program is Sir Michael Tippett's A Child of our Time, which he began to compose on the day World War II broke out in 1939.

It will feature the Elder Conservatorium Chorale, Adelaide Voices and Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra with conductor, Carl Crossin.

Tippett completed the work in 1941, however its first performance was not until 1944 at the Adelphi Theatre, London under the baton of Walter Goehr.

A conscientious objector, Tippett shared in the public horror which the events leading to the commencement of war had unleashed and responded with a composition which was to be his first major public statement as an artist.

Influenced by negro spirituals, his composition speaks of oppression, violence and morality and their consequences. A Child of our Time is an inspirational work, embodying texts and music of an inherently universal significance, and is as relevant today as when written some 60 years ago.

A Child of our Time will be performed at Elder Hall on Saturday, November 27 at 8pm. Tickets are $25 adult/$17concession/$10 student at BASS outlets or phone 131 246.