Name: 2021 Song Prize: Recital 1
Start: 2021-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St David's Hall

Organization

Pianist

Simon Lepper

Llŷr Williams

Singer

Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir

Round 1 Song Prize Contestants

Gihoon Kim

Evgenia Asanova

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World

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2021 Song Prize: Recital 1

Cardiff

United Kingdom

St David's Hall

Alfheiður Erla Guðmundsdottir from Iceland, Gihoon Kim from Republic of Korea and Evgenia Asanova from Russia, with pianists Simon Lepper and Llŷr Williams.

2021 Song Prize: Recital One: Concert Various

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ICELAND
Alfheiður Erla Guðmundsdottir
Soprano
Age 27


Pianist: Simon Lepper

Apparition Debussy

In Mallarmé’s poem, rich with sensual dream imagery, the ‘apparition’ is of the beloved, on the day of their first kiss. She appears at evening, with the light in her hair, looking like a fairy. White bouquets of perfumed stars seem to fall like snow from her hands.

Yng ngherdd Mallarmé a’i chyfoeth o ddelweddau nwydus breuddwydion, yr anwylyd ydi’r ‘ddrychiolaeth’, ar ddiwrnod eu cusan gyntaf. Mae’n dod i’r golwg gyda’r hwyr, a’r golau yn ei gwallt, a golwg tylwythen deg arni. Mae tuswau gwynion o sêr peraroglus fel petaent yn disgyn fel eira o’i dwylo.

Wasserrose Mädchenblumen Op 22 No 4 Richard Strauss

In ‘Maiden Flowers’, Strauss sets poems by Felix Dahn, which compare particular flowers to young girls. The water lily’s flower only opens in the moonlight and is sister to the stars. This is a slender girl with dark hair and alabaster skin, deep thought reflected in her eyes. Her voice is like running water, her silence like the moonlit night. One can never tire of looking into those eyes, becoming bewitched.

Yn ‘Blodau’r Forwyn’, mae Strauss yn gosod cerddi gan Felix Dahn, sy’n cymharu blodau penodol â merched ifanc. Dim ond yng ngolau’r lleuad y mae blodyn lili’r dŵr yn agor ac mae’n chwaer i’r sêr. Merch fain yw hon sydd â gwallt tywyll, croen gwyn a llygaid sy’n adlewyrchu ei myfyrdod. Mae ei llais fel dŵr yn tincial, ei thawelwch fel noson yng ngolau’r lleuad, a’i llygaid hudol yn cyfareddu.

Hexenlied Op 8 No 8 Mendelssohn

As spring arrives, the witches prepare to set off to the Brocken Mountain with a billy-goat, a broomstick, a fork and a distaff, to dance around Beelzebub and be fed butter and eggs by a fiery dragon - as the neighbours hold up a cross to ward off the fire. The poem is by Ludwig Hölty.

Wrth i’r gwanwyn gyrraedd, mae’r wrach yn paratoi i ymadael am Fynydd Brocken gyda bwch gafr, ysgubell, fforc a chogail er mwyn dawnsio o gwmpas y diafol a chael ei bwydo â menyn ac wyau gan ddraig danlli - wrth i’r cymdogion ddal croes i fyny er mwyn cadw’r tân draw. Mae’r gerdd gan Ludwig Hölty.

Zur Rosenzeit Op 48 No 5 Grieg

The poet sings to the wilting roses, an allegory for his dying love affair. He remembers the days when love was young and hope sprang in his heart. The text is by Goethe, based on 'Wehmut' (Melancholy) from the Singspiel 'Erwin und Elmire'.

Cana’r bardd i’r rhosod gwyw, dameg ei garwriaeth ar ei therfyn. Cofia’r dyddiau pan oedd cariad yn ifanc a gobaith yn llamu yn ei galon. Gan Goethe y mae’r testun, wedi’i seilio ar 'Wehmut' (Pruddglwyf) o’r Singspiel 'Erwin und Elmire'.

Ah, Love, but a day Three Browning Songs Op 44 No 2 Amy Beach

The poet addresses the beloved. In just one day, summer is suddenly over. He wonders if his lover will also change with the changing seasons. Amy Beach was the first mainstream American female composer and worked mainly in the first half of the 20th century.

Mae’r bardd yn cyfarch ei gariad. Mae’r haf wedi dod i ben yn sydyn mewn diwrnod. Mae’n meddwl tybed a fydd ei gariad hefyd yn newid wrth i’r tymhorau newid. Amy Beach oedd y gyfansoddwraig brif ffrwd gyntaf o America.

REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gihoon Kim
Baritone
Age 29


Pianist: Llŷr Williams

An Schwager Kronos D369 Schubert

Goethe’s poem `To Coachman Chronos‘ compares Time to a coachman, urgently rushing through life. He must go quickly up hill and down dale, never mind the obstacles which life throws at him. The sense of urgency is shown in the relentless piano part.

Mae cerdd Goethe ‘To Coachman Chronos’ yn cymharu Amser â cherbydwr, yn rhuthro drwy fywyd ar frys. Rhaid iddo fynd yn gyflym i fyny’r bryn ac i lawr y cwm, waeth beth yw rhwystrau bywyd. Mae rhan ddi-baid y piano yn adlewyrchu’r brys hwn.

Verborgenheit Mörike-Lieder No 12 Wolf

The singer seeks seclusion and a retreat from the temptations of love, weeping for some forgotten hurt, and feeling both joy and anguish in solitude.

Mae’r canwr yn chwilio am unigrwydd ac am gael encilio o demtasiynau cariad, am gael wylo dros ryw boen anghofiedig, a theimlo llawenydd ac ing o fod wedi ymneilltuo.

Don Juan’s serenade Op 38 No 1 Tchaikovsky

Don Juan, with his guitar, serenades Nisetta by the light of the moon. He praises her beauty and begs her to come out onto her balcony. He would give up his life for her and would challenge any rival suitor to a duel. The text is by Tolstoy.

Don Juan, â’i gitâr, yn canu hwyrgan i Nisetta yng ngolau’r lloer. Mae’n canmol ei harddwch ac yn crefu arni ddod allan ar ei balconi. Rhoddai ei fywyd drosti a herio unrhyw gystadleuwr i ornest. Unwaith eto gan Tolstoy y mae’r testun.

O Tod, wie bitter bist du Four Serious Songs No 3 Brahms

Ecclesiastes (Sirach) 41:1-4 is the background text to this song. The thought of death is so bitter to the happy, prosperous, strong man who is at peace with himself, but so welcome to the old, needy and weak man who is tired and vexed with life.

Ecclesiasticus 41:1-4 yw’r cefndir i’r gân hon. Mae’r syniad o farwolaeth yn un chwerw i’r dyn cryf, dedwydd a llewyrchus sy’n hapus yn ei groen, ond i’w groesawu gan yr henwr, gwan ac anghenus sydd wedi ymlesghau a digio wrth fywyd.

Nostalgic heart Kim Dong-Hwan

Mae’r gwynt yn chwythu drwy’r bryniau gwyrdd, a’r nant yn llifo am filltiroedd lawer. Mae calon y canwr eisiau ei dilyn, gan gofio, a chuddio’i dor-calon. Wrth i fis Mawrth ddirwyn i ben, caiff ei bortreadu yn camu ar ei gysgod eich hun.

RUSSIA
Evgenia Asanova
Mezzo
Age 26


Pianist: Simon Lepper

Wesendonck Lieder Wagner

Mathilde Wesendonck was Wagner's muse, and in 1857-8 he set five of her poems to music, one of the few times he was to use someone else's words.

Awen Wagner oedd Mathilde Wesendonck ac ym 1857-8 rhoddodd bump o’i cherddi ar gân, un o’r ychydig droeon iddo ddefnyddio geiriau rhywun arall.

Der Engel

If a sorrowful heart hides away its yearning, an angel slowly dissolves in tears. But if that heart prays for deliverance, an angel descends and bears it to heaven. Thus is the poet’s spirit freed from pain and taken to Paradise.

Os bydd calon drist yn cuddio ei hiraeth, bydd angel yn diflannu’n araf mewn dagrau. Ond os yw’r galon honno’n gweddïo am waredigaeth, mae angel yn dod i lawr a’i chludo i’r nefoedd. Felly, mae ysbryd y bardd yn rhydd o boen ac yn cael ei gludo i Baradwys.

Stehe still!

‘Stand still!’ says the poet, addressing time as it powers its way through eternity. Stop for just a moment, so I can measure my happiness. When a soul finds its soulmate, each fulfils the other’s hopes and dreams. Neither will wish for anything moreas together they have solved the riddle of eternity.

‘Sa’n llonydd!’ medd y bardd, yn cyfarch amser o’i weld yn gyrru mynd drwy dragwyddoldeb. Stopia am funud bach i mi gael mesur fy hapusrwydd. Pan gaiff enaid ei enaid hoff cytûn mae’r naill yn cyflawni gobeithion a breuddwydion y llall. Ni fydd y naill na’r llall yn dymuno un dim mwy gan eu bod gyda’i gilydd wedi datrys pos tragwyddoldeb.

Im Treibhaus

This song, perhaps the best-known of the set, was a sketch for Tristan und Isolde, and quotes almost exactly the prelude to Act III. In this melancholy text, the writer compares herself to tropical plants in a hothouse, being kept alive but missing home desperately.

Braslun ar gyfer Tristan und Isolde oedd y gân yma, y fwyaf cyfarwydd o’r set efallai, ac mae’n dyfynnu bron i’r dim breliwd y Drydedd Act. Yn y testun prudd yma mae’r awdur yn ei chymharu’i hun â phlanhigion trofannol mewn ty^ gwydr, yn cael eu cadw’n fyw ond yn hiraethu o eigion calon am eu cartref.

Schmerzen

In ‘Anguish’, the poet reflects that the sun dies every night, but reawakes in even greater spendour in the morning. He wonders why he has such a heavy heart when the sun must give up hope and set. When death leads to new life, and pain to bliss, he is thankful to feel anguish.

Yn y darn ‘Gwewyr’, mae'r bardd yn cyfleu sut mae’r haul yn marw bob nos, ond yn deffro’n fwy disglair nag o'r blaen yn y bore. Mae’n meddwl tybed pam mae ganddo galon mor drom pan mae'n rhaid i’r haul yn anobeithio a machlud. Pan mae marwolaeth yn arwain at fywyd newydd, a phoen yn arwain at ddedwyddwch, mae’n ddiolchgar ei fod yn teimlo gwewyr.

Träume

Wagner termed this song as a study for Tristan und Isolde. The text talks of amazing dreams which embrace her senses, growing more blissful every day. But after they have bloomed like a flower, they disappear without trace on the lover’s breast.

Roedd Wagner yn ystyried y gân hon yn astudiaeth ar gyfer Tristan ac Isolde. Mae’r testun yn sôn am freuddwydion anhygoel sy’n cofleidio ei synhwyrau, gan dyfu’n fwy dedwydd bob dydd. Ond ar ôl iddynt flodeuo fel blodyn, maent yn diflannu heb adael eu hôl ar fron y cariad.

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2021 Song Prize: Recital 1 by Various, Fra (2021/2021), St David's Hall, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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