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Barbican Hall
Silk Street
Barbican, City of London
London
EC2Y 8DS
England
Programme
Various – Songs & Arias from Renaissance to 20th Century
Performers
William Thomas – Bass
Samantha Clarke – soprano
James Newby – baritone
Ema Nikolovska – mezzo-soprano
Richard Farnes – Conductor
Programme Note
Guildhall School’s premiere music prize returns, and this year is the turn of the singers. Sir Bryn Terfel, who won the award exactly 30 years ago, returns as a member of the judging panel.
The Gold Medal was endowed by Sir H. Dixon Kimber in 1915 and since the 1950s it has been open to singers and instrumentalists in alternate years. This year it’s the singers' turn, who will perform a short programme with piano accompaniment followed by a second half of arias with Guildhall Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Farnes.
The distinguished judging panel for 2019 includes Sir Bryn Terfel and Ann Murray DBE.
Programme
Ema Nikolovska:
Songs & arias by Purcell, Schubert, Wolf, Medtner, Rodrigo, Gounod, Britten, Mahler & Mozart
William Thomas:
Songs & arias by Wolf, Poulenc, Loewe, Rossini, Mussorgsky & Rachmaninov
Samantha Clarke:
Songs & arias by Strauss, Poulenc, Copland, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Puccini & Stravinsky
James Newby:
Songs & arias by Warlock, Liszt, Duparc, Butterworth, Handel, Mahler & Mascagni
