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Last broadcast on Fri, 30 Jul 2010, 20:00 on BBC Radio 2.
Synopsis
Fifteen talented singers have been selected to go through to the semi-finals of the BBC Radio 2 Kiri Prize, a nationwide hunt with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to find an opera star of the future. Over the next five weeks the singers can be heard performing in five special Friday Night Is Music Night programmes, introduced by Penny Smith.
The initiative, which further demonstrates Radio 2's commitment to supporting talent across a wide range of genres, launched in January 2010. Following regional auditions, 40 singers were invited to attend masterclasses in London with Dame Kiri, mezzo-soprano Anne Howells and renowned conductor Robin Stapleton.
The semi-finalists are accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra and their performances are judged by Dame Kiri, Anne Howells, Robin Stapleton and director John Cox.
Five singers will then go through to the final which is broadcast on Radio 2 on Friday 3 September. The winner will perform with Dame Kiri at BBC Proms In The Park in London's Hyde Park on Saturday 11 September and be given the opportunity to attend a three-week residential course at the Solti Te Kanawa Accademia in Italy.
Tonight's semi finalists are Tenor Andrew O Connor, Soprano Gwawr Edwards and Soprano Ilona Domnich. And they're joined by pianist Lara Melda, winner of the BBC Young Musician Of The Year.
Kiri Prize Finalist No.1: Gwawr Edwards
Cardiff-based soprano, Gwawr Edwards, is the first singer to earn a place in the finals of the Radio 2 Kiri Prize.
Music played
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Part One - The Kiri Prize Semi Final 1
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— Friday Night Is Music Night(Williams)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — William Tell Overture
(Rossini)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — Bells Across The Meadow
(Ketelbey)
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Ilona Domnich — Ach Fors’e Lui/Sempre Libera (from La Traviata)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Verdi)
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Ilona Domnich — Ch’il Bel Sogno Di Doretta (from La Rondine)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Puccini)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
(Sherwin)
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Andrew O’Connor — La Fleur Que Tu M’avais Jetee (from Carmen)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Bizet)
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Andrew O’Connor — Ombra Mai Fu (from Xerxes)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Handel)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— Dance Of The Tumblers (from The Snow Maiden)
(Rimsky-Korsakov)
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Gwawr Edwards
— Ach, Ich Fuhl’s (from The Magic Flute)(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Mozart)
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Gwawr Edwards — O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Puccini)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— Gold & Silver Waltz
(Lehar)
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Part Two
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — Montague & Capulets (from Romeo & Juliet)
(Prokofiev)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — The Rose Adagio (from Sleeping Beauty)
(Tchaikovsky)
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Lara Melda — Piano Concert No 2 (Last Movement)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Saint-Saens)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— Ritual Fire Dance (from El Amour Brujo)
(De Falla)
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Lara Melda — Etude Op 25 No 7
(Chopin)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— Tritsch-Trasch Polka
(Strauss)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — Four Dances From Estancia #4
(Ginastera)
Broadcast
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Fri 30 Jul 201020:00
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