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The Kiri Prize Highlights Show

Penny Smith presents highlights of the Kiri Prize, Radio 2's search to find an opera star of the future.

Earlier this year fifteen talented singers were selected to go through to the semi-finals of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 Kiri Prize, a nationwide hunt with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to find an opera star of the future. Over the summer the singers were heard performing in five special Friday Night Is Music Night programmes, introduced by Penny Smith.

The initiative, which further demonstrated 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 were accompanied by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, conducted by Martin Yates, Richard Balcombe and Roderick Dunk and their performances were judged by Dame Kiri, Anne Howells, Robin Stapleton and director John Cox.

Five singers went through to the final which was broadcast on Radio 2 on Friday 3 September. The winner - soprano Shuna Scott Sendall - performed with Dame Kiri at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms In The Park in London's Hyde Park on Saturday 11 September and was given the opportunity to attend a three-week residential course at the Solti Te Kanawa Accademia in Italy.

Enjoy the highlights of the Kiri Prize in this special show with some of the semi finalists, and the finalists - Laurie Ashworth, Hannah Bradbury, Gwawr Edwards, Alexander Grove and eventual winner Shuna Scott Sendall.

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Wed 29 Dec 2010 18:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Friday Night Is Music Night

    (Williams)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    William Tell Overture

    (Rossini)

  • Ilona Domnich

    Ach Fors'e Lui/Sempre Libera (La Traviata)

    (Verdi) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Andrew O’Connor

    La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee (Carmen)

    (Bizet) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Gwawr Edwards

    O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    (Puccini) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Lara Melda

    Piano Concerto No. 2 – Last Movement

    (Saint-Saens) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Lucy Hall

    Ah Je Ris (Jewel Song)

    Gounod (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Alexander Grove

    Kuda, Kuda (Lensky's Aria) (Eugene Onegin)

    (Tchaikovsky) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Kathryn Rudge

    Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix

    (Saint-Saens) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Emma Halnan

    Tico Tico

    (Abreu) (Ft. Hristo Duchev)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Bugler's Holiday

    (Anderson)

  • Susanna Gaspar

    Un Bel Di Vedremo

    (Puccini) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Una McMahon

    Una Voce Poco Fa

    (Rossini)

  • Hannah Bradbury

    Deh Vieni Non Tardar (The Marriage Of Figaro)

    (Mozart) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Raven

    Tango Jalousie

    (Gade)

  • Catrin Aur

    Ebben N'andro Iotana (La Wally)

    (Catalani) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Shuna Scott Sendall

    Vissi D'Arte

    (Puccini) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Mario Sofroniou

    E Lucevan Le Stelle (Tosca)

    (Puccini) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Diana Yukawa

    Salut D'Amour

    (Elgar) (Ft. Roderick Elms)

  • Laurie Ashworth

    Ach, Ich Fuhl's (The Magic Flute)

    (Mozart) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Rhian Lewis

    Piangero, La Sorte Mia

    (Handel) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Caroline Macphie

    Caro Nome

    (Verdi) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Matthew White

    Improvisation after Nat Macintosh

    (White) (Ft. Stephen Whibly & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Friday Night Is Music Night

    (Williams)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4

    (Elgar)

  • Gwawr Edwards

    Ach Ich Fuhl's (The Magic Flute)

    (Mozart) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Alexander Grove

    Lamento di Federico – E La Solita Storia Del Pastore

    (Cilea) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Hannah Bradbury

    Ah Je Ris (Jewel Song)

    (Gounod) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Shuna Scott Sendall

    Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia (Un Ballo In Maschera)

    (Verdi) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Laurie Ashworth

    O Luce Di Quest'Anima (Linda Di Chamounix)

    (Donizetti) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Sous Les Tilleuls

    (Massenet) (Ft. Benjamin Hughes)

  • Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras & Shuna Scott Sendall

    Tonight (West Side Story)

    (Bernstein) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra)

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Dec 2010 18:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2