Preliminary selection (audio-video recording):
- Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827-1855)
Sonata in d minor op. 30
Allegro con fuoco-Fuga - Ralf Bölting (1953)
Suite on famous Christmas Carols
O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Nowell
Round 1:
- Ralf Bölting (1953)
Four selected movements from Suite on famous Christmas Carols (participants can perform one of the pieces recorded for the preliminary selection) - Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Overture to the opera La gazza ladra (arr. Maurizio Machella)
or
Overture to the opera L’Italiana in Algeri (arr. Maurizio Machella)
Round 2:
- Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart (1756-1791)
Adagio and allegro in f minor KV 594
or
Fantasy in f minor KV 608 - Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827-1885)
Sonata in d minor op. 30
Round 3:
- Peter Czajkowski (1840-1893)
Suite from the ballet The Nutcracker op. 71a (arr. Alexander Därr)I. Ouverture miniature
II. Danses caractéristiques
a. Marche
b. Danse de la Fée-Dragée
c. Danse russe Trepak
or
Danse Arabe
or
Danse Chinoise
or
Danse des MirlitonsIII. Valse des Fleurs
-
Juliusz Zarębski (1854-1885)A travers Pologne op. 23Chant du départ (nr 1)Le mal du pays (nr 2)Cracovienne (nr 6)The participants will present their own transcription of piano works by Juliusz Zarębski.
- A free-choice composition (other than the ones listed above), not to exceed 10 min.