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Oratorio is ruined if choir modulate (1,5,2,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

a child of our time

'oratorio' is the definition.
(oratorio by Michael Tippett)

'ruined if choir modulate' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates an anagram.
'if'+'choir'+'modulate'='ifchoirmodulate'
'ifchoirmodulate' anagrammed gives 'A CHILD OF OUR TIME'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for a child of our time that I've seen before include "Oratorio by Tippett" , "One newly-delivered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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