Young Artist Auditions (Session 6)
20 April 2024, 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 one hour and includes two 25-minute duo performances. Dip in for one or two, or immerse yourself in them all!
Audition Recital Session 6
10.30am Nancy Holt (mezzo-soprano) & Weng Soon Tee (piano)
11am George Robarts (baritone) & Thomas Eeckhout (piano)
Oxford Song Young Artist Programme
The Oxford Song Young Artist Programme offers a range of high-quality training and performance opportunities for exceptional singer-pianist duos in the early stages of their careers. At the end of the Spring Song weekend, eight selected duos will be offered fully funded places on October’s Mastercourse, as well as professional engagements for Oxford Song and with our partners both nationally and internationally, culminating in showcase recitals at the 2025 Festival.
Our Young Artist Programme is generously supported by Jerwood Foundation and other charitable trusts and foundations.
Programme
- Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
- Music for a While (1679)
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- A Cradle Song (1947) from A Charm of Lullabies
- Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
- Nuit d'etoiles (1880) L4
- Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918)
- Reflets (1911)
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Stille Tränen (1840) Op. 35 no.10 20–25.xi & 6–29.xii.1840 from Zwölf Gedichte von Justinus Kerner
- Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
- Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen (1844) Op. 13 no.1 from Sechs Lieder
- Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977)
- 2. Song Of A Nightclub Proprietress from Five Betjeman Songs
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- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan I „Sitz ich allein“ (1840) Op. 25 no.5 i–early iv 1840 from Myrthen
- Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan II „Setze mir nicht, du Grobain“ (1840) Op. 25 no.6 i–early iv 1840 from Myrthen
- Sally Beamish (1956)
- Nightingale from Four Songs from Hafez
- Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944)
- 1. Vorausbestimmung from Liederbuch des Hafis
- 3. Unwiderstehliche Schönheit from Liederbuch des Hafis
- Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
- Wie bist du, meine Königin (1865) Op. 32 no.9 from 9 Lieder und Gesänge
- Sally Beamish (1956)
- Fish from Four Songs from Hafez
- Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
- Erschaffen und Beleben (1891) Op. 87 no.2 from Goethe-Lieder
- Trunken müssen wir alle sein (1891) from Goethe-Lieder
