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Last broadcast on Fri, 6 Aug 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 Soprano Lucy Hall, Mezzo Soprano Kathryn Rudge and Tenor Alexander Grove. And they're joined by flaustist Emma Halnan, finalist of the BBC Young Musician Of The Year.
Producer Jodie Keane.
Kiri Prize Finalist No. 2: Alexander Grove
Cheshire based tenor Alexander Grove, is the second 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 2
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— Friday Night Is Music Night(Williams)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — Les Toreadors (Carmen Suite No 1)
(Bizet)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — Chanson Du Matin
(Elgar)
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Kathryn Rudge — Mon Coeur S’ouvre A Ta Voix (from Samson Et Deliah)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Saint-Saens)
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Kathryn Rudge — Seguidilla (from Carmen)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Bizet)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— Comedians Galop (from The Comedians)
(Kabalevsky)
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Alexander Grove
— Il Mio Tesoro (from Don Giovanni)(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Mozart)
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Alexander Grove — Kuda, Kuda (Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Tchaikovsky)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— Chicks In Their Shells (from Pictures From An Exhibition)
(Ravel)
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Lucy Hall — Piangero, La Sorte Mia (from Giulio Cesare)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Handel)
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Lucy Hall — Ah Je Ris (from Faust)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (Gounod)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— La Danza
(Rossini)
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Part Two
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — Yeoman Of The Guard Overture
(Gilbert & Sullivan)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — Vanity Fair
(Anthony Collins)
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Emma Halnan — Waltz (from Suite Antique)
(ft. BBC Concert Orchestra) (John Rutter)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— Berceuse Dolly Suite Op 56
(Gabriel Faure)
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Emma Halnan — Tico Tico
(With Hristo Duchev) (Abreu)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra
— A Dance Of Clowns (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
(Mendelssohn)
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The BBC Concert Orchestra — Spitfire Prelude & Fugue
(Walton)
Broadcast
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Fri 6 Aug 201020:00
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