Repertoire 2023
Video preselection: (2 pieces to be recorded and uploaded to the competition’s website)
1)
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, BB 76 (arranged by Zoltán Székely) – 3. Pe loc (Topogó/In One Spot)
or
Bartók–Országh: Hungarian Folksongs, BB 109
AND
2)
any movement from J. S. Bach: Violin Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001–1006
or
one piece from Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1
LIVE ROUNDS
Preliminary: 2 pieces, cca. 20 min. programme
1)
at least one movement from Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94a
or
at least one movement from Bartók: Rhapsody No. 2, BB 96a
AND
2)
any movement(s) from J. S. Bach: Violin Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001–1006 (except for the Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004)
Semi-final: 2 or 4 pieces, cca 35 min. programme (options a, b, or c)
a) 2 pieces:
One of the winner pieces of the Bartók World Competition for composers 2022 (7’) (see below)
AND
Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, BB 84
b.) 2 pieces:
One of the winner pieces of the Bartók World Competition for composers 2022 (7’) (see below)
AND
Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124
c) 4 pieces:
- One of the winner pieces of the Bartók World Competition for composers 2022 (7’) (see below)
AND
- one movement from
Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, BB 84 or,
Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2, BB 85 or
Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124 or
Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano, BB 28 (1903)
AND
- one virtuoso piece from the following lists
AND
- first movement from any sonata from the following lists
Virtuoso pieces to the competitor’s choice:
Chausson: Poème, Op. 25
Ernst: The Last Rose of Summer
Ginastera: Pampeana No. 1, Op. 16
Paganini: Introduction and Variations on ‘Di tanti palpiti’ from Rossini's Tancredi, Op. 13 (ʻI palpitiʼ)
Paganini: Variations on a Theme from Süssmayr’s Il noce di Benevento, Op. 8 (‘Le streghe’)
Paganini: Introduction and Variations on ‘Nel cor più non mi sento’ from Paisiello’s La molinara/L’amor contrastato
Ravel: Tzigane
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25
Schubert: Rondo in B minor, D. 895 (Op. 70)
Waxman: Carmen Fantasie
Wieniawski: Polonaise de concert, Op. 4
Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante, Op. 21
Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante on Themes from Gounod’s Faust, Op. 20
Wieniawski: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15
Ysaÿe: One of the Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27
Ysaÿe: Poème élégiaque, Op. 12
Ysaÿe: Caprice d’après l’Étude en forme de valse de Saint-Saëns
Sonatas to the competitor’s choice:
Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 32 in B-flat major, K. 454
Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 26 in B-flat major, K. 378/317d
Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 35 in A major, K. 526
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 12/1
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 12/2
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12/3
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 (‘Spring’)
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 6 in A major, Op. 30/1
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30/2
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 10 in G major, Op. 96
Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
John Corigliano: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor
Dohnányi: Sonata for Violin and Piano in C-sharp minor, Op. 21
Enescu: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25
Fauré: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major
Janáček: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Lutosławski: Partita
Poulenc: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A minor, Op. posth.
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G major
Schubert: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, D. 574 (Op. 162, ‘Grand Duo’)
Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
R. Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 18
Stravinsky: Divertimento (after The Fairy’s Kiss)
The winner pieces of Bartók World Competition – Composition 2022:
Kornél Thomas: Fun-Tasto: Reflection and Exhilaration
Veljko Nenadić: Two Movements – Impromptu and Prepetuum mobile for Violin and Piano
Scores will be provided by the competition secretariat. The recording of the pieces you can find by clicking the title.
Final: 1 concerto
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1, BB 48a
or
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117
or
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
or
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
or
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35