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Kathleen Ferrier Awards

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Argento, Bach, Brian Hughes and more

Kathleen Ferrier Awards Semi-Final 2023

Date
Tue 18 Apr 2023, 1.30pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 5 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Programme

  • Joseph Haydn
    1732-1809
      • The Creation
        :
      • And God created man ... In native worth
  • Édouard Lalo
    1823-1892
      • Le roi d’Ys
        :
      • Puis-qu'on ne peut ... Vainement, ma bien-aimée
  • Hugo Wolf
    1860-1903
      • Eichendorff-Lieder
        :
      • Der Soldat I
      • Der Soldat II
  • Gioachino Rossini
    1792-1868
      • Il barbiere di Siviglia
        :
      • Una voce poco fa ... Io sono docile
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    1809-1847
      • Elijah Op. 70
        :
      • Draw near all ye people ... Lord God of Abraham
  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Mad Bess Z370
        (realised by Benjamin Britten)

Interval

  • Felix Mendelssohn
      • Elijah Op. 70
        :
      • Ye people, rend your hearts ... If with all your hearts
  • Gustav Mahler
    1860-1911
      • Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
        :
      • Ging heut' morgen über's Feld
  • Libby Larsen
    b. 1950
      • Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII
        :
      • Anne Boleyn

Overview

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.

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