Young Artist Auditions (Session 9)
20 April 2024, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
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
3.30pm Sebastian Hill (tenor) & Will Harmer (piano)
4pm Caroline Bourg (soprano) & 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
- Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933)
- Phidylé (1872)
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Canticle I: ‘My beloved is mine and I am his’ (1947) Op. 40
- William Harmer
- Words (2022)
- Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
- Seitdem dein Aug’ in meines schaute (1885) Op. 17 no.1 from Six Songs Op.17
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- Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
- Puisque tout passe (1951) Op. 27 no.1 from Mélodies passagères
- Le clocher chante (1951) Op. 27 no.4 from Mélodies passagères
- Tombeau dans un parc (1951) Op. 27 no.3 from Mélodies passagères
- Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
- Two Love Songs
- Brad Mehldau (1970)
- I love the dark hours of my being
- I love you, gentlest of ways
- Alma Mahler (Schindler-Mahler) (1879 - 1964)
- Bei dir ist es traut (1910) from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
