Young Artist Auditions (Session 1)
13 March 2026, 10:30am - 11:30am
Over two days of audition recitals, eighteen exceptional emerging professional duos from around the UK will seek to become Oxford Song Young Artists. The standard is tremendously high, and this is a chance to hear the stars of the future, with a rich variety of repertoire and interpretations. Each audition session lasts for an hour and includes two 25-minute duo performances. Dip in for one or two, or immerse yourself in them all!
Audition Recital Session 1
10.30am Felicity Tomkins (soprano) & Sooyeon Baik (piano)
11.00am Alexandra Achillea (mezzo-soprano) & David Palmer (piano)
Oxford Song Young Artist Programme
The Oxford Song Young Artist Programme offers an 18-month programme of training and performance opportunities for eight exceptional early-career duos. At the end of the Spring Song weekend, eight duos will be offered fully funded places on our residential Mastercourse, an Emerging Artist performance, and regular masterclass and workshop sessions through the year, culminating in a Showcase Recital for each duo at the 2027 Oxford International Song Festival.
Our Young Artist Programme is generously supported by Jerwood Foundation and other charitable trusts and foundations.
Programme
- Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
- Der erste Kuß
- Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977)
- Take, O take those lips away from Seven Shakespeare Songs
- Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)
- Wienerlied
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
- Son, 'Dreams' (1916) Op. 38 no.5 from Six Songs
- Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
- Accompagnement (1902) Op. 85 no.3
- Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
- La dame de Monte Carlo (1961) FP 180
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- Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
- Vocalise (1910) Op. 34 no.14 1910-1912
- Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
- Avendo Gran Disio from Quattro Canzoni Popolari
- Peter Lieberson (1946 - 2011)
- O ihr Zärtlichen, tretet zuweilen
- György Ligeti (1923 - 2006)
- A csendes dalokból (1952) from Öt Arany-dal (5 Arany Songs)
- A bujdosó (1952) from Öt Arany-dal (5 Arany Songs)
- Régis Campo (1968)
- Gruselett from Morgenstern Lieder
- Himmel und Erde from Morgenstern Lieder