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2024 Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition - Preliminary Round Day 2
Date
Sun 08 Sep 2024, 11.00am
Tickets
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Duration

11.00am - 4.00pm

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Programme

  • Franz Schubert
    1797-1828
      • Prometheus D674
      • Sei mir gegrüsst D741
      • Bei dir allein D866 No. 2
  • Roger Quilter
    1877-1953
      • 7 Elizabethan Lyrics Op. 12
        :
      • By a Fountainside
      • Fair House of Joy
  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Mad Bess Z370
        (realised by Benjamin Britten)
  • Henri Dutilleux
    1916-2013
      • 3 sonnets de Jean Cassou
        :
      • Il n'y avait que des troncs déchirés...
  • Gabriel Fauré
    1845-1924
      • La bonne chanson Op. 61
        :
      • L'hiver a cessé
      • 5 mélodies 'de Venise' Op. 58
        :
      • Mandoline
  • Arthur Honegger
    1892-1955
      • 3 chansons de 'La petite sirène'
        :
      • Chanson de la poire
  • Roger Quilter
    1877-1953
      • 7 Elizabethan Lyrics Op. 12
        :
      • By a Fountainside
  • Francis Poulenc
    1899-1963
      • Tel jour, telle nuit
        :
      • Une ruine coquille vide
      • Le front comme un drapeau perdu
      • A toutes brides

Overview

The Competition recognises the song tradition as a whole and requires contestants to perform in at least three languages. At the same time, it honours the Lied’s place at the heart of the song repertoire and celebrates the Shakespearean stature of Schubert in the genre.

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