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Programme Notes will be available from April 2013.


Semi-final Round I Repertoire
25 minutes, 18 Competitors

Competitors must choose from the following categories:

Category A
One of the following selections from 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 the Competition's Round I performance.

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
Caravan, a commissioned piece for solo violin by New Zealand composer Jack Body (maximum 5 minutes duration). This work was made available on 1 April 2013.

COMPOSER'S NOTE:

In 1971 I took a never-to-be-forgotten journey overland from Europe to New Zealand.

While traversing Iran by bus, I heard Persian vocal music for the first time, relayed over the sound system. It was intoxicating.

In Tehran I bought a 45 rpm disc recording that matched what I had heard on the bus. The music on the disc, entitled CARAVAN, has provided me with material for this composition/transcription.

As preparation violinists are strongly recommended to listen to a version of this recording, to familiarise themselves with the style of the articulation, which can only be hinted at in my notation.

This recording may be found on YouTube or by searching for Golpayegani (Golpa) - Ey Carevan Ahesteh Ra (گلپا - ای کاروان). The section I draw material from begins at 7'02".

Intonation is intrinsic to this music. Note the unconventional key signature! The 'quasi-acciacatura' embellishments should be 'neutral 3rds or 6ths, that is, positioned mid-way between a major and a minor interval. An exception to this is Section C, which is an 'interlude' using conventional Western intonation.

(My thanks to Dene, Martin and Tristan, for their expert advice,)

Jack Body
(March 2013)

Category D
One virtuoso work of own choice form the 19th or 20th century (approx. 10 minutes duration).


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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. Ravel Trio for piano, violin and violoncello
  3. Mendelssohn Piano Trio No 1 Op 49
  4. Brahms Piano Trio No 3 Op 101

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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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