International Vocal Competition 2016
Tuesdays in September
This September, Stingray Classica continues its series of broadcasts from the 51st edition of the annual International Vocal Competition (IVC) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. On Tuesday, September 6 and 13 at 21:00 CEST, Stingray Classica presents the final rounds of the renowned competition. Edition 2016 was a Lied Duo competition, which alternates yearly with the IVC’s Opera | Oratorio competition. In September 2016, 18 talented vocalists and their accompanists took part in the Lied Duo competition, nine of whom reached the semi-finals. Four of them performed in a final round. Each of their performances was recorded before a spell-bound audience at the Great Church in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
IVC 2016 Lied Duo - Final: Henry Neill
Tuesday, September 6 | 21:00
Baritone Henry Neill (Great Britain, 1988) and pianist Frederick Brown (Great Britain, 1989) perform ‘In the lovely village of Nevesinje’ from Judith Weir’s Songs from the Exotic; ‘Waldesgespräch’ from Robert Schumann’s Liederkreis (Op. 39); ‘Wie viele Zeit verlor ich’ from Hugo Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch; ‘Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden’ from Schumann’s Liederkreis (Op. 24); ‘Auf dem Kirchhofe’ from Johannes Brahms’s Fünf Lieder (Op. 105); Gabriel Fauré’s ‘Le secret’ (Op. 23 No. 3); Carl Loewe’s ‘Tom der Reimer’ (Op. 135a); Henri Duparc’s ‘L’invitation au voyage’; and Claude Debussy’s ‘Beau Soir’, during the finals of the International Vocal Competition 2016 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at the Great Church in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
IVC 2016 Lied Duo - Final: Marie Perbost
Tuesday, September 6 | 21:30
Soprano Marie Perbost (France, 1989) and pianist Joséphine Ambroselli Brault (France, 1988) perform ‘Ständchen’ from Richard Strauss’s Sechs Lieder (Op. 17); Claude Debussy’s ‘Spleen’ (Aquarelle No. 2); Viktor Ullmann’s ‘Sonnenuntergang’; Franz Schubert’s ‘Der Jüngling an der Quelle’ (D. 300); ‘Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag’ from Hugo Wolf’s Mörike-Lieder; Schubert’s ‘Gretchen am Spinnrade’ (D. 118); ‘J’ai presque peur, en vérité’ from Gabriel Fauré’s La bonne chanson; ‘C’est l’extase langoureuse’ from Debussy’s Ariettes oubliées; and ‘Amor’ from William Elden Bolcom’s Cabaret Songs, during the finals of the International Vocal Competition 2016 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at the Great Church in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
IVC 2016 Lied Duo - Final: Adèle Charvet
Tuesday, September 13 | 21:00
Mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet (France, 1993) and pianist Florian Caroubi (France, 1989) perform ‘La flûte de pan’, ‘La chevelure’, and ‘Le tombeau des Naïades’ from Claude Debussy’s Trois chansons de Bilitis; ‘The wanderer’ from Joseph Haydn’s Twelve Canzonets (Hob.XXVIa, No. 8); ‘Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend’ from Robert Schumann’s Kerner Lieder (Op. 35), and ‘Requiem’ from Lenau Lieder (Op. 90); ‘Verzagen’ from Johannes Brahms’s Fünf Gesänge (Op. 72); and ‘Kennst du das Land’ from Hugo Wolf’s Sieben Goethe Lieder (Op. 5), during the finals of the International Vocal Competition 2016 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at the Great Church in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
IVC 2016 Lied Duo - Final: Oddur Jónsson
Tuesday, September 13 | 21:30
Baritone Oddur Jónsson (Iceland, 1983) and pianist Judith Valerie Engel (Austria, 1993) perform ‘Der Tambour’ from Hugo Wolf’s Sechs Lieder (Op. 2 No. 5); ‘Die Mainacht’ from Johannes Brahms’s Vier Gesänge (Op. 43); ‘Chanson romanesque’, ‘Chanson épique’, and ‘Chanson à boire’ from Maurice Ravel’s Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Hans Erich Pfitzner’s ‘Zum Abscheid meiner Tochter’ (Op. 10, No. 3); ‘Stille Tränen’ from Robert Schumann’s Kerner Lieder (Op. 35); and ‘Come away, come away, death!’ from Gerald Finzi’s Let us garlands bring, during the finals of the International Vocal Competition 2016 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at the Great Church in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
