Next to the commissioned song “Storm Blossoms”, all the duos are given 3 extra compulsory songs, according their voice type or complimentary to their repertoire list. The artistic director will add one of these songs to their program in the first round and let them know at least one hour before their performance.
The compulsory repertoire focuses on female composers, Dutch composers, Italian art song, standard repertoire that should be familiar, and on Benjamin Britten, who died exactly 50 years ago.
Amy Beach – Ich sagte nicht op. 51 nr. 1 (Wissman)
Louise Greger – Auf den Schwingen der Nacht op. 125 nr. 1 (Hertel)
Anna Cramer – Weißt du noch? op. 2 nr. 5 (Bierbaum)
Daniël de Lange – Du liebst mich nicht op. 10 nr. 4 (Heine)
Willem Pijper – La maumariée II, “Mon père me marie à l’age de quinze ans” (poésie populaire)
Benjamin Britten – How sweet the answer (Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies))
Benjamin Britten – The ploughboy (Folksong from the British Isles)
Paolo Tosti – Due piccoli notturni (D’Annunzio):
- Van gli effluvi de le rose
- O false di luna calante
Paolo Tosti – L’ultimo bacio (Praga)
Carl Loewe – Der du von dem himmel bist op. 9 nr. 3b (Goethe)
Henri Duparc – Sérénade (Marc)
Robert Schumann – Dein Angesicht op. 127 nr. 2 (Heine)
