Michael Hill International Violin Competition 2011 Repertoire

Please note that Competitors should not repeat the same composer in their overall repertoire selection. For example, competitors may only select either a Brahms Sonata OR the Brahms Violin Concerto for their program. Exceptions to this rule are:
1) Any repertoire can be repeated between application and semi-final rounds;
2) A virtuoso work by Paganini is allowable in addition to the required Paganini Caprice.





Application Repertoire
by DVD or CD + video recording, deadline 30 November 2010

Category A

Bach: A selection from the list for Round I

Category B
Paganini: One Caprice from Op 1

Category C
A movement from a sonata in the list for Round II

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Semi-final Round I Repertoire
25 minutes, 18 Competitors

Competitors must choose from the following categories:

Category A
A selection from the following Bach: Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas

  1. Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 1 in G minor
  2. Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
  3. Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 3 in C major
  4. Allemanda, Double, Corrente and Double from Partita No 1 in B minor
  5. Ciaccona from Partita No 2 in D minor
  6. Preludio, Loure, Gavotte en Rondeau and Menuet I and II from Partita No 3 in E major

Category B
One of the following first movements from Mozart’s concerti with piano accompaniment. All are to be played with Cadenza. Competitors are encouraged to supply their own Cadenza.

  1. Allegro from Concerto No 3 in G major KV 216
  2. Allegro from Concerto No 4 in D major KV 218
  3. Allegro Aperto from Concerto No 5 in A major KV 219
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Semi-final Round II Repertoire
40 minutes, 18 Competitors

Competitors must choose from the following categories:

Category A
Two Caprices from Op 1 of Paganini. Only one to be performed. Jury will inform competitor which one is to be played at the conclusion of Round I.

Category B
Two contrasting movements from one of the following Sonatas with Piano. Selections should be less than 20 minutes duration.

  1. Beethoven Sonata No 5 in F Op 24
  2. Beethoven Sonata No 7 in C minor Op 30 No 2
  3. Beethoven Sonata No 8 in G major Op 30 No 3
  4. Beethoven Sonata No 10 in G major Op 96
  5. Brahms Sonata No 1 in G major Op 78
  6. Brahms Sonata No 2 in A major Op 100
  7. Brahms Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108
  8. Debussy Sonata for Violin and Piano
  9. Fauré Sonata in A major, Op 13
  10. Franck Sonata in A major
  11. Prokofieff Sonata No 1 in F minor
  12. Prokofieff Sonata No 2 in D major
  13. Ravel Sonata for Violin and Piano

Category C
A piece for violin solo especially commissioned by New Zealand composer, John Psathas (maximum 5 minutes duration). This work is available on 1 April 2011.

Category D
One virtuoso work of own choice form the 19th or 20th century (approximately 10 minutes duration). As a guide, the following composers' works are acceptable: Saint-Saens, Paganini, Waxman, Tchaikovsky, Bazzini, Sarasate, Wieniawski, Ysaye. This should not be considered a complete list and final approval of repertoire will be given upon acceptance in the Michael Hill International Violin Competition.

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Round III Repertoire
6 Competitors

Competitors will give a complete performance of one of the following piano trios:
  1. Beethoven Trio in D major Op 70 No 1 ("The Ghost")
  2. Schumann Trio No 1 in D minor Op 63
  3. Ravel Trio for piano, violin and violoncello
  4. Dvořák Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90 ("Dumky")
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Final Round Repertoire
3 Competitors

Competitors will choose one of the following concertos to be performed complete with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra:

  1. Bartók Concerto No 2
  2. Beethoven Concerto in D major
  3. Brahms Concerto in D major
  4. Britten Concerto
  5. Dvořák Concerto in A major
  6. Elgar Concerto in B minor Op 61
  7. Hindemith Concerto
  8. Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor
  9. Prokofieff Concerto No 1 in D major Op 19
  10. Prokofieff Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63
  11. Sibelius Concerto in D minor
  12. Shostakovich Concerto in A minor Op 99
  13. Stravinsky Concerto
  14. Tchaikovsky Concerto in D major
  15. Walton Violin Concerto
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