Wednesday 24 April 2019 1:30PM

Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2019

Semi-Final

Archived

The annual auditions for the famous singing competition, founded in memory of one of the UK’s best-loved contraltos, attract capacity houses from both devoted lovers of vocal art and students of singing.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- - St John Passion BWV245
    - Betrachte, meine Seel, mit ängstlichem Vergnügen
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)
- - Songs before Sleep
    - The Mouse and the Bumblebee
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
- - Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
    - Chanson épique
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
- - Schwanengesang D957
    - Die Taubenpost
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- - Le nozze di Figaro K492
    - Hai già vinta la causa! ... Vedrò mentr'io sospiro
Henry Purcell (c.1659-1695)
- - Hail, bright Cecilia Z328
    - 'Tis Nature's Voice; thro' all the moving Wood
Nico Muhly (b.1981)
- - Four Traditional Songs
    - A brisk young lad
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- - Rodelinda HWV19
    - Vivi, tiranno
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- - Elijah Op. 70
    - Ye people, rend your hearts ... If with all your hearts
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
- - Mörike Lieder
    - Im Frühling
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
- - Béatrice et Bénédict
    - Ah! je vais l'aimer
Jonathan Dove (b.1959)
- - Out of Winter
    - Song III
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- - La clemenza di Tito K621
    - Parto parto ma tu ben mio
Felix Mendelssohn
- - Elijah Op. 70
    - Woe unto them who forsake Him
Hugo Wolf
- - Mörike Lieder
    - Auf einer Wanderung
Alison Bauld (b.1944)
Felix Mendelssohn
- - Elijah Op. 70
    - I go on my way in the strength of the Lord ... For the mountains shall depart
Maurice Ravel
- - Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
    - Chanson romanesque
Franz Schubert
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- - Albert Herring Op. 39
    - Virtue, says Holy Writ
Mark-Anthony Turnage (b.1960)
- - 3 Animal Songs
    - Mourned
Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881)
Felix Mendelssohn
- - Elijah Op. 70
    - Draw near all ye people ... Lord God of Abraham
Martin Butler (b.1960)
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
- - Quatre Chansons de Don Quichotte
    - Chanson à Dulcinée
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- - Don Giovanni K527
    - Eh, consolatevi ... Madamina, il catalogo è questo
Franz Schubert
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Benjamin Britten
- - A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 64
    - I know a bank
Peter Wiegold (b.1949)
George Frideric Handel
- - Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV17
    - Al lampo dell'armi
  - The Choice of Hercules HWV69
    - Yet can I hear that dulcet lay
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
- - Messa da Requiem
    - Liber scriptus
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- - Ariettes oubliées
    - Chevaux de bois
Gary Bachlund (b.1947)
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
- - L'italiana in Algeri
    - Cruda sorte
Franz Schubert
Felix Mendelssohn
- - Elijah Op. 70
    - Draw near all ye people ... Lord God of Abraham
Robert Schumann
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
- - I puritani
    - Or dove fuggo mai ... Ah! per sempre io ti perdei
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Richard Rodney Bennett
- - Songs before Sleep
    - The Mouse and the Bumblebee
George Frideric Handel
- - Theodora HWV68
    - O thou bright sun! ... With darkness deep
Francis Poulenc
- - Fiançailles pour rire
    - Violon
    - Fleurs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- - Così fan tutte K588
    - Temerari ... Come scoglio
Ricky Ian Gordon
- - Genius Child
    - Joy
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
- - L'elisir d'amore
    - Come Paride vezzoso
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Richard Rodney Bennett
- - Songs before Sleep
    - As I walked by myself
Felix Mendelssohn
- - Elijah Op. 70
    - It is enough
Francis Poulenc
- - Chansons gaillardes
    - La belle jeunesse