International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch
The IVC Golden Jubilee CD
FORMAT: MP3 Downloadable with artwork
Production: 401DutchDivas
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The 2014 issue of the International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch (IVC) 50-Years Jubilee Book came with a cd documenting some ilustrious winners and participants 1954-2014. Apart from the limited edition CDs, this pages overs an inexpensive MP3 downlaod. All recordings come from the author’s unique IVC collection.
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The IVC Golden Jubilee CD
The CD documents IVC winners from Annete de la Bije in 1954 through Elly Ameling, Yvonne Minton, Jules Bastin and so on to Nadine Koutcher in 2014. There are also two sensational non-winners such as Geraldine Hacket-Jones and Olga Maddalena, who caused public riots when they weren’t awarded a prize. Finally there’s a unique fragent of Magda Olivero’s masterclasses, which we will shortly make available in full.
The magic of the IVC is that everyone in the audience is a juror. When audience and press favorites such as lga Maddalena (1961) were sent home empty-handed, audiences openly revolted. Time sided with the jury, as in about 70 percent of the cases where opinions diverged, but Maddalena and Hackett-Jones are IVC legends precisely for the sensation they caused in the heat of the moment. A singer who could move audiences and critics to tears in “Si, mi chiamano Mimì,” as Maddalena did, must have had something going for her. Now everyone interested can finally relive those competitions and judge for themselves!
TRACKING
1. Annette de la Bije (First prize)
Mozart: Mass in C minor ‘Et incarnatus est’ [7.00]
Benelux Competition Gala Concert, Casino Den Bosch, September 26, 1954
Brabant Orchestra – Hein Jordans (conductor)
2. Albert van Haasteren (Second prize)
Mozart: Don Giovanni ‘Madamina, il catalogo’ [5.16]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 23, 1956
Brabant Orchestra – Hein Jordans (conductor)
3. Elly Ameling (First prize)
Mozart: Vesperae de Dominica ‘Laudate’ [5.16]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 23, 1956
Brabant Orchestra – Hein Jordans (conductor)
4. Yvonne Minton (First Prize)
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila ‘Samson… Amour viens aider’ [4.57]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 13, 1961
Brabant Orchestra – Hein Jordans (conductor)
5. Olga Maddalena (Second prize)
Puccini: La bohème ‘Si mi chiamano Mimì’ [5.47]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 13, 1961
Brabant Orchestra – Hein Jordans (conductor)
6. Jules Bastin (Great prize)
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust ‘Devant la maison’ [1.46]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 1962
Brabant Orchestra – Hein Jordans (conductor)
7. Ileana Cotrubaș (Great prize)
Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix ‘Ah! tardai troppo … O luce di quest‘anima’ [4.56]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 19, 1965
Brabant Orchestra – Hein Jordans (conductor)
8. Maria Slătinaru (Great prize)
Massenet: Hérodiade ‘Il est doux, il est bon’ [4.30]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 10, 1969
Brabant Orchestra – Hein Jordans (conductor)
9. Mitsuko Shirai (First prize) [2.46]
Wolf: ‘Die Bekehrte’
IVC Gala Concert, Brabant Province House, Den Bosch, September 8, 1976
Hartmut Höll (piano)
10. Drew Minter (Second prize) [5.47]
Bach: Cantate 170 ‘Verglückte Ruh’
IVC Gala Concert, Brabant Province House, Den Bosch, September 8, 1976
Brabants orkest – André Rieu Sr. (conductor)
11. Nelly Miricioiù (First prize)
Verdi: La traviata ‘E strano!… Ah fors’e lui’ [7.35]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 12, 1979
Brabant Orchestra – André Vandernoot (conductor)
12. Howard Crook (Second prize)
Donizetti: L’elisire d’amore ‘Una furtive lagrima’ [7.35]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 12, 1979
Brabant Orchestra – André Vandernoot (conductor)
13. Thomas Hampson (Second prize)
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro ‘Hai la vinta la causa… Vedrò mentr’io sospiro’ [5.35]
IVC Gala Concert, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 10, 1980
Brabant Orchestra – André Vandernoot (conductor)
14. Andrea Rost (Second prize)
Verdi: Rigoletto ‘Caro nome’ [4.44]
Brabant Orchestra – Jan Stulen (conductor)
IVC Finals, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, September 6, 1986
15. Lenneke Ruiten (Great prize)
Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti ed I Montechi ‘Eccomi… O quante volte’ [3.26]
Brabant Orchestra – Jan Stulen (conductor)
Theater aan de Parade, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, September 29, 2002
16. Nadine Koutcher (Great prize) [4.21]
Jeppe Moulijn (b. 1972 ): Et fit lux*
Brabant Orchestra – David Parry
Theater aan de Parade, Den Bosch, September 30, 2012
Bonus track
17. Magda Olivero master class [3.12]
– Brief interview about Olivero’s motives to accept the IVC invitation
– Magda Olivero demonstrates passages of ‘Sola, perduta, abbandonata’ from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut to Dobrinka Yankova (Yankova starts, Olivero continues)
– Concluding interview phrases Olivero
IVC master class, Casino Theatre, Den Bosch, August 30–September1, 1993
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