Wagner and Tippett?

[sawyl]

Slightly odd programming in yesterday's prom: a huge bleeding chunk of Wagner in the form of Act 3 from Die Walküre followed by the entirety of Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time. I'm not sure the combination worked. Neither piece seemed to add much to the other and they don't seem to have a great deal in common. Still it was good to hear A Child of Our Time again. For all the awkwardness of the text, it still feels like it has a great deal of beautiful music to offer.