Choose one song from Section A and a song choice from Section B
SECTION A
Opera: 'L’année en vain chasse l’année! / Azaël! Azaël' [Air de Lia]' (Yn ofer â’r blynyddoedd heibio! / Azaël! Azaël [Cân Lia]) from the opera L'enfant prodigue, Debussy, IMSLP [A Durand & Fils]. Welsh words by John Stoddart
Opera: 'Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém' (Cân Rusalka i'r Lleuad) from the opera Rusalka, Dvorák, IMSLP [Muzgiz]. Welsh words by TH Parry-Williams (gol. Alun Guy)
Oratorio/Mass: 'Mein gläubiges Herze' (Bydd lawen fy nghalon) from the mass Cantata No.68, Bach, The Soprano Oratorio Anthology [Hal Leonard 00747058]. Welsh words by WJ Gruffydd
Oratorio/Mass: 'So shall the lute and harp' (O boed i’r liwt a’r tant ddeffroi) from the mass Judas Maccabeus, Handel, IMSLP [Novello] Welsh words by Harri Williams
Lieder: a choice of Ivor Gurney's work: 'Sleep’ (Cwsg), Five Elizabethan Songs [Boosey & Hawkes], ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ (Dan ddail y goeden ir), Five Elizabethan Songs [Boosey & Hawkes], ‘I will go with my father a-ploughing’ (Af i gyda 'nhad i aredig), single copy [Boosey & Hawkes], ‘Down by the Salley gardens’ (Draw, draw yng ngerddi’r helyg), single copy [ivorgurney.co.uk]. Welsh words by Emyr Davies and Beryl Steeden Jones
SECTION B
Welsh Song: either
'Yr Ehedydd', Eric Jones, Dagrau Gorfoledd [Curiad] or
'Ysbryd y Mynydd', D Vaughan Thomas, single copy [Snell a'i feibion]
Prizes:
- £150 (Pwyllgor Eisteddfod Castell Newydd Emlyn a’r cylch)
- £120 (Pwyllgor Eisteddfod Castell Newydd Emlyn a’r cylch)
- £90 (Pwyllgor Eisteddfod Castell Newydd Emlyn a’r cylch)
Digital copies of the opera, oratorio and contemporary opera pieces available at IMSLP (www.imslp.org)
Contact cystadlu@eisteddfod.cymru for Welsh translations
Closing date: 1 May 2026 at 12 noon