Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Prize

Bach, Brahms, Elgar and more

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Slight Change of Programme
The programme for the above concert has changed slightly and will now be as follows.

Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

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Kenny Fu piano
Bernadette Johns mezzo-soprano
Harry Rylance piano
Isobel Daws trombone
Jack Redman piano
Michael Ronan bass-baritone
Benjamin Mead piano
Charlie Lovell-Jones violin
Julian Chan piano

To celebrate its Bicentenary in 2022, the Royal Academy of Music presents the grand final of a prestigious new competition, launched in 2020 and judged by a panel of eminent musicians with a prize of £10,000. Open to singers and instrumentalists studying at the Academy, five finalists exhibit the breadth of talent across many disciplines on the Marylebone Road.

Jury:
Tasmin Little OBE
Eleanor Alberga OBE
Ryan Wigglesworth

Presented by the Royal Academy of Music

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- - Liebeslied (Widmung) S566
    - (based on Robert Schumann)
  - Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie S161
    - Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
- - 3 movements from The Firebird Suite
    - (arranged by Agosti)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
- - Ariadne auf Naxos Op. 60
    - Sein wir wieder gut
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
- - Pourquoi?
  - La fiancée perdue
Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
- - Thou didst delight my eyes
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- - Ariodante HWV33
    - Dopo notte, atra e funesta
Saskia Apon (b.1957)
- - A Dream of Fire
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
- - Romance Op. 62
Joseph Guy Ropartz (1864-1955)
- - Piece for trombone and piano
George Frideric Handel
- - Orlando HWV31
    - Sorge infausta una procella
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- - Mentre ti lascio K513
Richard Strauss
- - Allerseelen Op. 10 No. 8
Ivor Gurney
- - In Flanders
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- - Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin BWV1001
    - Fuga. Allegro
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
- - Myths Op. 30
    - Narcissus
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
- - Valse-scherzo Op. 34
    - (arranged by Vasily Bezekirsky)