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Iain Burnside presents live coverage of the final of the ѿý Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize 2019, with guest Rebecca Evans.

Iain Burnside presents the final of the ѿý Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize 2019, live from St David's Hall in Cardiff. Following the action with Iain will be his co-host across the preliminary rounds, Rebecca Evans. Tonight the five remaining singers perform for the last time in front of a distinguished jury chaired by the director of Wigmore Hall John Gilhooly and including acclaimed recitalists Dame Felicity Lott and Frederica von Stade, in their bid for the prestigious award.

3 hours, 44 minutes

Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Serenade Toscane, Op3 No2

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    O cease they singing Op 4

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98

    Performer: Jörg Demus. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.
    • DG.
  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever (from The Vagabond)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • DG.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    (In meines Vaters Garten (5 Songs)

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Lieder.
    • Linn.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Einsame, D 800

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Simon Keenlyside.
    • Schubert: Favourite Lieder.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 7 in E major

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Serenade Toscane

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Franz Liszt

    Vidi in terra angelici costume

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Ho Wai-On

    On the Other Side of the River

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich atmet einen Linden Duft

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Richar Strauss

    Du meines Herzen Kronelein Op 21

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Eva Dell'Acqua

    Villanelle

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Hans und Grete - Lieder und Gesange

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Lubov mertvetsa, Op38 No 5

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Aus Goethe's Faust Op 75 No 3

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Jules Massenet

    Elegie Op 10 No 5

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Otrivok iz A Myusse Op21 No 6

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Zimniy vecher Op13 No 1

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Blumenbrief D622

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Blumenbrief D622

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Franz Schubert

    Am bach im Fruhling D361

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Robert Schumann

    Waldegesprach Op 39

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Le Papillon et la fleur Op 1 No 1

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent Noon

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Don Juan's Serenade

    Performer: Roman Arndt. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Der Rattenfanger (Goethe Lieder No 11)

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Johannes Brahms

    O versenk Op 3 No 1

    Performer: Roman Arndt. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Ernesto De Curtis

    Non ti scordar

    Performer: Roman Arndt. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Why Op 6 No 5

    Performer: Roman Arndt. Performer: Llŷr Williams.
  • Maurice Ravel

    L'Heure espagnole: Ah! La pitoyable ave

    Performer: Catriona Morison. Performer: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier Wie du warst

    Performer: Catriona Morison. Performer: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.

Delayed start

This live concert was interrupted during the first song owing to a medical emergency at the venue. Coverage of the concert starts again at 1:31:01. 

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Jun 2019 19:00

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