Young Artist Auditions (Session 8)
20 April 2024, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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 8
2pm Elinor Popham (soprano) & Stella Marie Lorenz (piano)
2.30pm Ellen Pearson (mezzo-soprano) & Francesca Lauri (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
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
- Zdes' khorosho, 'How fair this spot' (1902) Op. 21 no.7
- Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
- Mignon (Kennst du das Land) (1891) from Goethe-Lieder
- Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
- Pantomime (1882) L31
- Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977)
- 3. Separation (1848) from Four Night Songs
- Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
- Aux officiers de la garde blanche from Trois Poèmes de Louise Vilmorin
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
- Andres Maienlied 'Hexenlied' (1828) Op. 8 no.8
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- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Seit ich ihn gesehen (1840) Op. 42 no.1 11–12.vii.1840 from Frauenliebe und -leben
- Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
- Love's Philosophy (1905) Op. 3 no.1
- Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- Lachen und Weinen (1823) D777
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Ich kann’s nicht fassen, nicht glauben (1840) Op. 42 no.3 11–12.vii.1840 from Frauenliebe und -leben
- Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
- Rêve d'amour Op. 5 no.2
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Du Ring an meinem Finger (1840) Op. 42 no.4 11–12.vii.1840 from Frauenliebe und -leben
- Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)
- Écrin (1902)
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Süsser Freund, du blickest (1840) Op. 42 no.6 11–12.vii.1840 from Frauenliebe und -leben
- Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
- Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu (1960) from La courte paille
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Funeral Blues from Cabaret Songs
