Choose one song from Section A and a song choice from Section B
SECTION A
Opera: 'Per me giunto e il di supremo' (Dyma ddiwrnod ac awr fy nhynged) from the opera Don Carlos, Verdi. IMSLP [Ricordi], Welsh words by Dyfnallt Morgan a Sian Meinir
Opera: 'Madamina!' (Fwyn Fonesig!) from the opera Don Giovanni, Mozart. Arias for Bass [Schirmer 50481101], Welsh words by Dyfnallt Morgan
Oratorio/Mass: Pro pecatis' (Dygodd drosom ein pechodau) from the mass Stabat Mater, Rossini. IMSLP [Schirmer 10783]. Welsh words by Dyfnallt Morgan
Oratorio/Mass: 'Why do the nations' (Pan mae'r cenhedloedd) from the mass Messiah, Handel. The Baritone/Bass Oratorio Anthology [Hal Leonard 00747061]. Welsh words by Sian Meinir
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
Contact cystadlu@eisteddfod.cymru to attain the Welsh translations
SECTION B
Welsh Song: either
'Berwyn', D Vaughan Thomas. Dwy Gân i Fariton [Snell a'i Feibion] or
'Sant Gofan', J Morgan Lloyd. single copy [Cwmni Cyhoeddi Gwynn]
Prizes:
- £150 (Capel y Bedyddwyr Calfaria, Login)
- £120 (Teulu Troed-y-Meini, Mynachlog-ddu)
- £90 (Sponsored by Cllr Delme Harries, Bro Gwaun Ward and County Chair Pembrokeshire County Council – to go against the Cwm Gwaun Fund Raising Group)
Digital copies of the Opera, Oratorio and Contemroray Opera pieces are available at IMSLP (www.imslp.org)
Closing date: 1 May 2026 at 12 noon