Result:
1st Ilan Jones — Machynlleth
2nd Twm Tegid — Treffynnonn
3rd Andrew Evans — Llwyngwril
Adjudicators: Paul Carey Jones, Annette Bryn Parri & Nicola Morgan
Accompanists: Branwen B Evans
Competitors must choose one song from Section A and one from Section B
Section A
Opera:
‘Perfidi’ / ‘Pieta, rispetto, onore’ (‘Bradwyr oll’ / ‘Trugaredd, parch a breiniau’), Macbeth, Verdi Operatic Anthology Volumne IV: Baritone [Schimer GS32586]
Welsh words by John Stoddart
‘La Calunnia’ (‘Sibrwd enllib sy’ fel awelig’), Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini, Arias for Bass [Schirmer GS8110]
Welsh words by John Stoddart
‘Vjes’ tabor spit’ (‘Maent oll ynghwsg’) Aleko, Rachmaninoff [Swyddfa’r Eisteddfod]
Welsh words by Heini Gruffudd
Oratorio/Mass
‘Behold, I tell you a mystery’ / ‘The trumpet shall sound’ (‘Gwrandewch, dirgelwch a ddwedaf i’ / ‘Yr utgorn a gân’), Messiah, Handel, Oratorio Anthology Baritone / Bass Soprano [Hal Leonard 00747061]
Welsh words by TH Parry-Williams
‘I rage, I melt, I burn’ / ‘O ruddier than the cherry’ (‘Ar dân gan serch wyf fi’ / ’O ruddach na’r geiriosen’), Acis & Galatea, Handel, Handel: 45 arias from operas and oratorios (Low) volume I [IMC 1694]
Welsh words by John Stoddart
Section B:
Welsh Solo
‘Mab yr Ystorm’, W Bradwen Jones [Snell]
‘Aberdaron’, Meirion Williams, Adlewych [Gwynn]
Prizes:
- £150 (Er cof am Walter W Roberts, Preswylfa, Y Ffôr gan Mair, Nia ac Einir)
- £100 (Alwena Watkins a’r bechgyn, er cof am Alun)
- £50 (Ann Evans)