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Â鶹Éç Cardiff Singer of the World 2023 (3/4)

Pianist and broadcaster Iain Burnside and soprano Rebecca Evans present highlights from the Song Prize competition at Â鶹Éç Cardiff Singer of the World 2023.

Pianist and broadcaster Iain Burnside and soprano Rebecca Evans, introduce highlights from the preliminary stages of the 2023 Â鶹Éç Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize, which takes place this week in the Dora Stoutzker Recital Hall at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Just fourteen of the world's finest young singers have won through to this stage of the Song competition and are now invited to perform their programmes of lieder and art song in front of a distinguished jury, led by Wigmore Hall's Artistic and Executive Director John Gilhooly. At the end of today's programme, we'll hear the jury reveal which five singers have made it through to the Song Prize Final, at St David's Hall on Thursday.

Competitors taking part include: tenor, Beomjin Angelo Kim (South Korea); bass, William Thomas (England); mezzo, Simone McIntosh (Canada); tenor, Sungho Kim (South Korea)

Competition accompanists: LlÅ·r Williams; Simon Lepper

1 hour, 27 minutes

Music Played

  • Paulo Tosti

    Ideale

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Beomjin Angelo Kim.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Adelaide, Op 46

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Beomjin Angelo Kim.
  • Hakjun Yoon

    Majung

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Beomjin Angelo Kim.
  • Paulo Tosti

    L'alba sepàra dalla luce l'ombra

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Beomjin Angelo Kim.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Denn es gehet dem menschen

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: William Thomas.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Mazurka

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: William Thomas.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The He-Goat

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: William Thomas.
  • Stephen Adams

    The Holy City

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: William Thomas.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The trees they grow so high

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Simone McIntosh.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ganymed, D 544

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Simone McIntosh.
  • Henri Duparc

    Le Manoir de Rosemonde

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Simone McIntosh.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op 27, No 4

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Simone McIntosh.
  • Richard Strauss

    Cacilie, Op 27, No 2

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Simone McIntosh.
  • Franz Schubert

    Am Feierabend (Die schone Mullerin, D 795, No 5)

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Sungho Kim.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Neugierig (Die schone Mullerin, D 795, No 6)

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Sungho Kim.
  • Francis Poulenc

    C

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Sungho Kim.
  • Landon Ronald

    Prelude (A Cycle of Life)

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Sungho Kim.
  • Isang Yoon

    Gopung Usang

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Singer: Sungho Kim.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Jun 2023 13:00