First Round — Art Song
Session 1
Tuesday May 31, 2022 — 7:30 PM
Bourgie Hall
1339 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
The twelve competitors selected for the First Round must each perform a 15-minute program of works with piano accompaniment, which must include works in French, English, and German, with at least one song by Franz Schubert. The six singers who receive the highest scores from the international jury will move on to the Semifinal Round.
Program
- Franz Schubert Die Blumensprache, D. 519
- Franz Schubert An die Entfernte, D. 765
- Claude Debussy C’est l’extase langoureuse — GreenAriettes oubliées
- Samuel Barber St. Ita’s Vision — Promiscuity — Sea SnatchHermit Songs
- Gerald Finzi The PhantomEarth and Air and Rain, Op. 15
- Ralph Vaughan Williams Love bade me welcomeFive Mystical Songs
- Franz Schubert Der Einsame, Op. 41, D. 800
- Godfrey Ridout (arr.) Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser
- Gabriel Fauré Les berceauxTrois chansons, Op. 23
- Franz Schubert Der NeugierigeDie schöne Müllerin, D. 795
- Samuel Barber Rain Has Fallen — Sleep Now — I Hear An ArmyThree Songs, Op. 10
- Franz Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118
- Ernest Chausson Les papillons — HébéSept mélodies, Op. 2
- Moses Hogan (arr.) Deep River • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
- Franz Schubert An die Leier, D. 737
- Gerald Finzi To Lizbie BrowneEarth and Air and Rain
- Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre, Op. 40
- Sergueï Rachmaninov Vesennie vody12 Romances, Op. 14
- Franz Schubert LiebesbotschaftSchwanengesang, D. 957
- Lili Boulanger Elle est descendue au bas de la prairieClairières dans le ciel
- Aribert Reimann The CouriersSix Poems by Sylvia Plath
- Richard Strauss Ständchen6 Lieder, Op. 17
- Jake Heggie Not in a silver casketSongs and Sonnets to Ophelia
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