International Vocal Competition 2019

Soprano Iida Antola (Finland, 1990) and pianist Anni Laukanen (Finland, 1989) perform Franz Schubert's Auf dem See, Op. 92, No. 2 (D. 543); ‘Zdes’ khorosho’ (How fair this spot) from Sergei Rachmaninoff's 12 Romances (Op. 12); Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh che tranquillo mar’; ‘Violon’ from Francis Poulenc's Fiançailles pour rire (FP 101); ‘Apparition’ from Claude Debussy's Quatre chansons de jeunesse (L. 57); and ‘Geh, geliebter, geh jetzt’ from Hugo Wolf's Spanisches Liederbuch, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2019 – Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Bass-baritone Matthias Hoffman (Austria, 1991) and pianist Lisa Ochsendorf (Germany, 1991) perform ‘Der Jäger’ from Hugo Wolf's Mörike-Lieder; Franz Schubert’s Fahrt zum Hades (D. 526); ‘Betrunken’ from Viktor Ullmann’s Liederbuch des Hafis (Op. 30); ‘En sourdine’ from Gabriel Fauré's Cinq mélodies “de Venise” (Op. 58); Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh che tranquillo mar’; ‘Svarta rosor’ (Black Rose) from Jean Sibelius’s Six songs (Op. 36); and ‘Couplets bachiques’ from Francis Poulenc’s Chansons gaillardes (FP 42), during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2019 – Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Mezzo-soprano Feride Büyükdenktas (Turkey, 1989) and pianist Gisela Jöbstl (Austria, 1987) perform Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh che tranquillo mar’; ‘Verzagen’ from Johannes Brahms’s Five songs (Op. 72); ‘Dans l’herbe’ and ‘Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant’ from Francis Poulenc’s Fiançailles pour rire (FP 101); Rebecca Clarke’s ‘The Seal Man’; and Franz Schubert’s ‘Erlkönig’, Op. 1, D. 328, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2019 – Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Baritone Vincent Kusters (the Netherlands, 1991) and pianist Charlie Bo Meijering (the Netherlands, 1987) perform Franz Schubert’s ‘An die untergehende Sonne’, Op. 44, D. 457; ‘Ein Ständchen Euch zu bringen’ from Hugo Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch; Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh che tranquillo mar’; ‘La mer est plus belle’ from Claude Debussy’s Trois mélodies de Verlaine (L. 81); ‘Le cygne’ from Maurice Ravel’s Histoires naturelles (M. 50); and ‘Tears’ from Anno Schreier’s Three songs on poems by Walt Whitman, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2019 – Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Soprano Erika Baikoff (United States, 1994) and pianist Gary Beecher (Ireland, 1993) perform Franz Schubert’s ‘Atys’ (D. 585), and ‘Erster Verlust’ (D. 226, Op. 5 No. 4); ‘Chevaux de bois’ from Claude Debussy’s Ariettes oubliées (L. 60); Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh che tranquillo mar’; ‘Welt ist stille eingeschlafen’ from Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Drei Lieder (Op. 22); and ‘Vesenniye vody’ (Spring Waters) from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 12 Romances (Op. 14), during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2019 – Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Tenor Maximilian Vogler (Germany, 1992) and pianist Sebastian Issler (Switzerland, 1993) perform Franz Schubert’s ‘Die Götter Griechenlands’ (D. 677); Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh che tranquillo mar’; ‘Tout disparut’ from Francis Poulenc’s La fraîcheur et le feu (FP 147); Schubert’s ‘Über Wildemann’ (D. 844, Op. 108, No. 1); ‘En sourdine’ from Gabriel Fauré's Cinq mélodies “de Venise” (Op. 58); and ‘Muza’ (The Muse) from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 14 Romances (Op. 34), during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2019 – Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Mezzo-soprano Teaa An (South Korea, 1990) and pianist Eunshil Oh (South Korea, 1985) perform ‘Give the hawk a cage’ from Antonín Dvořák’s Gypsy Songs (Op. 55); Henri Duparc’s ‘L’invitation au voyage’; ‘Voyage à Paris’ from Francis Poulenc’s Banalités (FP 107); ‘Heiss’ mich nicht reden’ from Robert Schumann’s Lieder und Gesänge aus “Wilhelm Meister” (Op. 98a); ‘Mignon, kennst du das Land’ from Hugo Wolf’s Goethe-Lieder; and Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh che tranquillo mar’, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2019 – Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.