Adjudicators: David Kempster & Elin Manahan Thomas

Competitors must choose one song from Section A and one from Section B

Section A

Opera: Any aria from Carmen, Bizet (you may include the relevant recit) 
Oratorio/Mass: Any aria from Messiah, Handel (you may include the relevant recit) 
Lieder: Any song from the songcycle Schwanengesang, Schubert [digital copies available on the ISMLP website in low | medium | high voice] C F Peters Edition.

Contact cystadlu@eisteddfod.cymru to order a translation.

Section B

Welsh Song: Original Welsh song by one of the following composers: Morfydd Llwyn Owen, Grace Williams, Mansel Thomas or Mervyn Burtch [copies available from Tŷ Cerdd, Oriana Publications, Oxford University Press, manselthomas.org.uk and mervynburtch.com]

Prizes:

  • £150 (Papur Bro Tafod Elái)
  • £100 (er cof am Caradog Pugh Williams (1895-1931), awdur emynau plant a dramodydd o 'Stiniog a Phenygraig gan Nan a Menai Lloyd Williams)
  • £50 (Cymdeithas Gymraeg Rhiwbeina)

 

General rules and conditions

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