Choose one song from Section A and a song choice from Section B
SECTION A
Opera: 'Il mio tesoro inanto' (Dos at anwylyd fy nghalon) from the opera Don Giovanni, Mozart, Arias for Tenor [Schirmer 50481099]. Welsh words by Thomas Parry
Opera: 'Cielo e mar' (Awyr a môr) from the opera La Gioconda, Ponchielli, IMSLP [Ricordi 44864]. Welsh words by Dyfnallt Morgan
Oratorio/Mass: 'Stricke des Todes' (Clymau marwolaeth) from the mass Lobgesang, Mendelssohn, The Tenor Oratorio Onthology [Hal Leonard 00747060]. Welsh words by Siân Meinir
Oratorio/Mass: Thanks to my brethren / How vain is man' (Diolch fy mrodyr / Mor falch yw dyn) 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
'Eirlysiau', Gareth Glyn, Caneuon Ionawr [Curiad] or
'Yr Hen Gerddor', D Pugh Evans, single copy [Snell a'i feibion]
Prizes:
- £150 (Eifion a Meinir Griffiths, Felin Fach, Penffordd, Clunderwen)
- £120 (Gareth ac Elin, Rebecca ac Icaro a’u teuluoedd, er cof am Dad a Thad-cu annwyl, ‘Ows’ Davies, Blaenbulan, Boncath)
- £90 (Delme Harries, Cynghorydd ward Bro Gwaun Ward a Chadeirydd Cynghor Sir Benfro)
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