At your audition you will be asked to select two pieces from the below set list of repertoire to perform, relating to your voice type (alongside a third piece of your own choice). Please pay particular attention to the keys specified for each piece.
All voices
any voice type can choose this as one of their two set pieces
Campion Never weather beaten sail [solo version – G major]
Soprano
Bach Quia respexit (from Magnificat in D) [B minor]
Handel Oh! had I Jubal’s lyre (from Joshua) [A major]
Handel Piangero la sorte mia (from Giulio Cesare) [E major]
Handel Tecum principium (from Dixit Dominus) [C minor]
Purcell O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca) [C minor]
Alto
Bach Esurientes (from Magnificat in D) [E major]
Bach Agnus Dei (from Mass in B Minor) [G minor]
Purcell Strike the viol (from Come ye sons of art) [D minor]
Handel Iris, hence away (from Semele) [F minor]
Handel Virgam virtutis (from Dixit Dominus) [Bb major]
Tenor
Bach Deposuit (from Magnificat in D) [F# minor]
Purcell See the many coloured fields (from The Fairy Queen) [E minor]
Purcell I’ll sail upon the dog star [Bb major]
Handel Waft her angels (from Jephtha) [G major]
Handel Love sounds the alarm (from Acis & Galatea) [C major]
Bass
Purcell Arise ye subterranean winds (from The Tempest) [C major]
Bach Et in spiritum sanctum (from Mass in B Minor) [A major]
Handel Arm, arm ye brave (from Judas Maccabeus) [C major]
Handel Honour and arms (1st section only, from Samson) [Bb major]
Handel Vouchsafe, O Lord (from Dettingen Te Deum) [B minor]