Vocal 2018
Date: Friday 20 July
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: Townsville Grammar School Music Centre, 27 Paxton Street, North Ward
Ah, the magic of singing!
Come along and revel in the vocal variety of songs and arias from the 1600s to today, (and perhaps a few surprises as well!)
You’ll love it.
Tickets: Gold donation at the door
Program
Jorgensen Tutoring & Music School Prize 1st $500 2nd $300 3rd $200
Entrants have prepared a program in two parts. PART A: (to be sung first) The major part must be an aria from an opera or oratorio (with or without recitative), or a substantial work for voice and orchestra. PART B: The minor part should consist of one or more folk songs or art songs (not lieder).
Time Limit: 10 – 15 minutes
Chairperson: John Grantham, Vice President Townsville Choral Society
Charlotte Wright, Cairns (13 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
“Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo George Frideric Händel
A Green Cornfield Michael Head
The Ships of Arcady Michael Head
Bianca Bacchiella, Ingham (14 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
“Se il ciel mi divide” from Alessandro nelle Indie Niccolò Piccinni
Les chemins de l’amour Francis Poulenc
The Monk and his Cat Samuel Barber
Alison Paris, Brisbane (12 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
“‘Ah! Spietato!” from Amadigi di Gaula George Frideric Händel
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind Roger Quilter
I’ vidi in terra angelici costumi Franz Liszt
INTERVAL – 10 MINUTES
Cynthia Clarke, Townsville (11 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
“Oh, had I Jubal’s lyre” from Joshua George Frideric Händel
O Yellow, Yellow Sweet Alan Tregaskis
The Last Rose of Summer arr. By Benjamin Britten
Oliver Cromwell arr: By Benjamin Britten
Jacalyn Adcock, Townsville (12 min)
Accompanist: Carol Dall’Osto
“Il mio bel foco … Quella fiamma” Benedetto Marcello
The Ships of Arcady Michael Head
The Trees They Grow So High Benjamin Britten
Emily Holland, Melbourne (11 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
“O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn” from Die Zauberflöte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Les filles de Cadix Léo Delibes
INTERVAL – 10 MINUTES
Sze Pui Li, Hong Kong (14 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
The Swimmer from Sea Pictures Edward Elgar
Chanson triste Henri Duparc
La rose Gabriel Fauré
Jennifer Bee, Mackay (13 min)
Accompanist: Carol Dall’Osto
“Bid the virtues” from Come Ye Sons of Art Henry Purcell
Dinah’s Song Esther Rofe
Ave Maria Michael Head
As It Is, Plenty Benjamin Britten
Liliana Izyk, Lubin, POLAND (10 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
“Song to the Moon” from Rusalka Antonín Dvořák
The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Pamiętam ciche, jasne, złote dnie Mieczysław Karłowicz
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