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2024 Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition - Semi-finals

Programme & Song Text
Date
Mon 09 Sep 2024, 3.00pm
Tickets
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Duration

Session 1: 3.00pm - 6.00pm
Session 2: 7.30pm - 9.00pm

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Programme

  • Herbert Howells
    1892-1983
      • In Green Ways Op. 43
        :
      • Wanderer's night song
      • On the merry first of May
  • Maurice Ravel
    1875-1937
      • 2 épigrammes de Clément Marot
        :
      • D'Anne jouant de l'espinette
  • Gerald Finzi
    1901-1956
      • Till Earth Outwears Op. 19a
        :
      • Let me enjoy the earth
  • Francis Poulenc
    1899-1963
      • 3 poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin
        :
      • Aux officiers de la garde blanche
  • Liza Lehmann
    1862-1918
      • There are fairies at the bottom of our garden
  • Gabriel Fauré
    1845-1924
      • Poème d'un jour Op. 21
        :
      • Rencontre
      • Toujours
  • Johannes Brahms
    1833-1897
      • Die schöne Magelone Op. 33
        :
      • Treue Liebe dauert lange
  • Benjamin Britten
    1913-1976
      • Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Op. 74
        :
      • The Tyger
  • Hugo Wolf
      • Mörike Lieder
        :
      • Auf einer Wanderung
  • Gustav Mahler
    1860-1911
      • Des Knaben Wunderhorn
        :
      • Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz

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.

Running Order

3.00pm - Annabel Kennedy (mezzo-soprano) and Ana Manastireanu
3.20pm - Hanne Marit Mordal Iversen (soprano) and Revaz Abramia
3.40pm - Joël Terrin (tenor) and Jong Sun Woo
4.00pm - Michael Ronan (bass-baritone) and Harry Rylance
4.20pm - Interval (20 minutes)
4.40pm - Clara Barbier Serrano (soprano) and Joanna Kacperek
5.00pm - Santiago Sánchez (tenor) and Ian Tindale
5.20pm - Anja Mittermüller (mezzo-soprano) and Richard Fu
5.40pm - David Kennedy (baritone) and Jong Sun Woo
6.00pm - Supper interval (1 hour 30 minutes)
7.30pm - Michael Lafferty (tenor) and Daniel Peter Silcock
7.50pm - Jonathan Eyers (baritone) and Ilan Kurtser
8.10pm - Mathilde Ortscheidt (mezzo-soprano) and Juliette Journaux

Kindly supported by William and Judith Bollinger

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