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Rebecca Clarke Song Competition - Applications

Felix Kemp

SINGER

Felix Kemp

NATIONALITY:

British

PIANIST

George Ireland

PIANIST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PRIZE?

Yes

SINGER BIOGRAPHY:

Felix Kemp is a former Britten Pears Young Artist, Momentum Emerging Artist, finalist at the 2021 London Handel International Singing Competition, and in the 2022/23 season made his debut at the Royal Ballet & Opera in Don Carlo. Among his recent highlights are Maximilian in Candide (Teatro Verdi Trieste, Teatro Comunale di Bologna), Adham in the world première of Will Todd’s Migrations (Welsh National Opera); Dick Dewy in the world premiere of Paul Carr’s Under the Greenwood Tree, Papageno The Magic Flute (Dorset Opera Festival); Pilgrim in Britten’s Curlew River (Aldeburgh Festival, filmed for the BBC); and Falke Die Fledermaus (If Opera). Recent concerts include Zelenka Lamentations of Jeremiah (Ensemble Diderot - Chapelle Corneille, Kölner Philharmonie); Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra); and Schubert Lieder arr. Brahms (the Royal Scottish National Orchestra). In recital, Felix's performances include the Crush Room at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Oxford International Song Festival, and London Song Festival. His recordings include Joseph Phibbs Juliana and Ethel Smyth Fête Galante. Broadcasts include In Tune for BBC Radio 3.

APPLICATION VIDEO 1:

Mary Plumstead: Down by the Salley Gardens, 24.11.25

APPLICATION VIDEO 2:

Dilys Elwyn-Edwards: The Cloths of Heaven, 24.11.25

SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL PROGRAMME PROPOSED:

SEMI-FINAL - PROGRAMME PROPOSAL

Cecilia McDowall:
A Stranger I Came out Here (3:00)

Rebecca Clarke:
Tiger Tiger (4:00)

Madeline Dring:
Take o Take Those Lips Away (3:30)

Rebecca Clarke:
Eight o’clock (2:00)

FINAL - PROGRAMME PROPOSAL

Rebecca Clarke:
Down by the Salley Gardens (2:00)

Mary Plumstead:
Close thine Eyes (2:30)

Cecilia McDowall:
O You Who are Asleep (from Da Vinci Requiem) (5:00)

Rebecca Clarke:
June Twilight (3:00)

Madeline Dring:
Come Away Death (3:00)

Rebecca Clarke:
Shy One (1:20)

Dilys Elwyn-Edwards:
The Cloths of Heaven (2:30)

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