Programme

The competition consists in four stages open to the public.

Except for sonatas in stages 1 and 2, the programme of the competition involves performance from memory of the following compositions:

Stage 1

1. L. van Beethoven: one movement (indicated by the jury¹) of a sonata for violin and piano
2. H. Wieniawski – one of the Capriccios, Op. 10
3. H. Wieniawski – one of the following compositions:
Polonaise in D major, Op. 4
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15
Scherzo-Tarantella in G minor, Op. 16
Fantasy on Themes from Ch. Gounod’s Opera “Faust”, Op. 20
Polonaise in A major, Op. 21

4. One of the following compositions:

H. W. Ernst – Grand Caprice on Schubert’s Der Erlkönig, Op. 26
H. W. Ernst – Variations on The Last Rose of Summer
N. Milstein – Paganiniana
K. Penderecki – La follia*
E. Ysaÿe – Sonata no. 3 in D minor, Op. 27 Ballade; Sonata no. 6 in E major, Op. 27

5. K. Szymanowski – one of the following compositions:

Romance in D major, Op. 23

Myths, Op. 30:
1. The Fountain of Arethusa,
2. Narcissus,
3. Dryads and Pan

¹Participant shall be notified of the movement one day prior to performance.

Stage 2

1. F. Kreisler – one composition for violin and piano (duration of up to 4 minutes)
2. One of the following compositions:

P. Tchaikovsky – Meditation
G. Fauré – Apres un reve
J. Joachim – Romance in B-flat major, Op. 2
J. Massenet – Meditation from the opera Thaïs
S. Rachmaninoff – Vocalise, Op. 34 no. 14
H. Wieniawski – Legende, Op. 17

3. One of the following sonatas for violin and piano:

B. Bartók (1-2)
J. Brahms (1-3)
E. Elgar
G. Fauré (1-2)
C. Franck
E. Grieg (1-3)
M. Ravel
F. Schubert – Sonata in A major, D. 574
R. Schumann (1-3)

Stage 3

1. W. A. Mozart – first movement of one of the following violin concertos:

G major, KV 216
D major, KV 218
A major, KV 219

Participant may select any of the available cadences. He/she is also entitled to perform own cadence.

2. W. A. Mozart – first movement of Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, KV 364

3. J. S. Bach – one movement of any of the sonatas and partitas² for solo violin (duration of up to 4 minutes)

²In the case of Partita in B minor, the movement selected should be performed with the relevant double.

Stage 4

1. H. Wieniawski – one of the concertos for violin and orchestra:

Violin Concerto no. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 14
Violin Concerto no. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

2. One of the following concertos for violin and orchestra:

J. Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
L. van Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
M. Bruch – Violin Concerto no. 2 in D minor, Op. 44
A. Dvořák – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
M. Karłowicz – Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 8
K. Lipiński – Violin Concerto no. 2 in D major Military, Op. 21
S. Prokofiev – Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op. 19
N. Paganini – Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op. 6
J. Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, first version
D. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
K. Szymanowski: Violin Concerto no. 1, Op. 35