Repertoire 2023

Attention! The repertoire of the live rounds was partly modified on the 1st May. If you have visited us before, please pay attention to eventual changes!

Video preselection: (2 pieces to be recorded and uploaded to the competition’s website)

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, BB 76 (arranged by Zoltán Székely)

Bartók–Országh: Hungarian Folksongs, BB 109

AND

any movement from J. S. Bach: Violin Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001–1006

one piece from Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1

LIVE ROUNDS

Preliminary: cca. 20 min. programme

1) Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94a or No. 2, BB 96a

AND

2) One or two movements from J. S. Bach: Violin Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001–1006 (except for the Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004. If you choose to play two movements, it should be from the same piece)

Semi-final: 2 or 4 pieces, cca. 40 min. programme

Option A:

1) Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, BB 84 or Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2, BB 85 or Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124

AND

2) One of the winner pieces of the Bartók World Competition for composers 2022 (7’) (see below)

Option B:

1) One movement from Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, BB 84 or Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2, BB 85 or Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124

AND

2) Any virtuoso piece (max. 10’, it can be the same piece as in the video preselection round)

AND

3) One movement from any sonata from the following list: (max. 10’)

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)