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Iain Burnside presents live coverage of the final of the Âé¶¹Éç Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize 2019, with guest Rebecca Evans.

Iain Burnside presents the final of the Âé¶¹Éç Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize 2019, live from St David's Hall in Cardiff. Following the action with Iain will be his co-host across the preliminary rounds, Rebecca Evans. Tonight the five remaining singers perform for the last time in front of a distinguished jury chaired by the director of Wigmore Hall John Gilhooly and including acclaimed recitalists Dame Felicity Lott and Frederica von Stade, in their bid for the prestigious award.

3 hours, 44 minutes

Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Serenade Toscane, Op3 No2

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    O cease they singing Op 4

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98

    Performer: Jörg Demus. Singer: Dietrich Fischerâ€Dieskau.
    • DG.
  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever (from The Vagabond)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • DG.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    (In meines Vaters Garten (5 Songs)

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Lieder.
    • Linn.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Einsame, D 800

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Simon Keenlyside.
    • Schubert: Favourite Lieder.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 7 in E major

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Serenade Toscane

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Franz Liszt

    Vidi in terra angelici costume

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Ho Wai-On

    On the Other Side of the River

    Performer: Mingjie Lei. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich atmet einen Linden Duft

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Richar Strauss

    Du meines Herzen Kronelein Op 21

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Eva Dell'Acqua

    Villanelle

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Hans und Grete - Lieder und Gesange

    Performer: Sooyeon Lee. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Lubov mertvetsa, Op38 No 5

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Aus Goethe's Faust Op 75 No 3

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Jules Massenet

    Elegie Op 10 No 5

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Otrivok iz A Myusse Op21 No 6

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Zimniy vecher Op13 No 1

    Performer: Andrei Kymach. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Blumenbrief D622

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Blumenbrief D622

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Franz Schubert

    Am bach im Fruhling D361

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Robert Schumann

    Waldegesprach Op 39

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Le Papillon et la fleur Op 1 No 1

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent Noon

    Performer: Angharad Lyddon. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Don Juan's Serenade

    Performer: Roman Arndt. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Der Rattenfanger (Goethe Lieder No 11)

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Johannes Brahms

    O versenk Op 3 No 1

    Performer: Roman Arndt. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Ernesto De Curtis

    Non ti scordar

    Performer: Roman Arndt. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Why Op 6 No 5

    Performer: Roman Arndt. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Maurice Ravel

    L'Heure espagnole: Ah! La pitoyable ave

    Performer: Catriona Morison. Performer: Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier Wie du warst

    Performer: Catriona Morison. Performer: Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales.

Delayed start

This live concert was interrupted during the first song owing to a medical emergency at the venue. Coverage of the concert starts again at 1:31:01. 

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Jun 2019 19:00

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