Tuesday 21 January 2025
12pm
Silk Street Lecture Recital Room
English Song Prize
adjudicated by:
Sarah Tynan (chair)
Susan Bullock
Adrian Thompson
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Silk Street
Eating is not permitted in the auditorium.
Drinks are allowed inside the auditorium in polycarbonates.
Filming or recording of the performance is not permitted.
Latecomers will be able to enter the auditorium at a suitable break in the performance.
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation
Chair of the Board of Governors
The Hon. Emily Benn
Principal
Professor Jonathan Vaughan
Vice-Principal & Director of Music
Armin Zanner
Programme
Roberta Philip soprano
Daisie Sitlani piano
Michael Head ‘The Ships of Arcady’ from Over the Rim of the Moon
Jake Heggie ‘Animal Passion’ from Natural Selection
George Walker I got a letter from Jesus
Max Robbins tenor
Mark Zang piano
Roger Quilter Music, When Soft Voices Die
Ivor Gurney I Will Go with My Father a-Ploughing
Frank Bridge Come to Me in My Dreams
Gerald Finzi ‘Budmouth Dears’ from A Young Man's Exhortation
William Prasetyo tenor
Catherine Chang piano
Benjamin Britten ‘Let the florid music praise’ from On This Island
Quilter Now sleeps the crimson petal
George Butterworth ‘Is My Team Ploughing’ from Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
Cecily Shaw mezzo-soprano
Natalia Medina piano
Janet Jennings ‘Ado’ from Sit Down With Me Awhile
Ross Harris Wild Daisies
H. Leslie Adams ‘For You There Is No Song’ from Five Millay Songs
William Bolcom Song of Black Max
Please stay in your seats after the last performance while the panel deliberates, the prize giving will follow.
Thank you to Alisdair Hogarth and Kate Royal for adjudicating the preliminary round.
Forthcoming Events
Songs at Six: Luxe, calme et volupté
27 January 2025
Milton Court Concert Hall
Iain Burnside leads a programme of French Romanticism with Gounod, Duparc, Bizet and Saint-Saëns, cut through with the wit of Emmanuel Chabrier.
Mansfield Park
24 Feb–3 Mar 2025
Silk Street Theatre
Immerse yourself in the charm and wit of Mansfield Park, Jonathan Dove's enchanting opera based on Jane Austen’s beloved novel, performed in the author's 250th anniversary year.
Susan Longfield Award
17 March 2025
Silk Street Music Hall
Join us for the final of Guildhall School’s annual competition for sopranos and mezzo-sopranos, held in memory of Susan Longfield.
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