XVII KAZIMIERZ WIŁKOMIRSKI
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CELLO COMPETITION
Poznań, 4 – 8 December 2024
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Programme options
1st group – up to 13 (born after 31/12/2010)
Performance time can not exceed 15 minutes
- One of the etudes from:
Friedrich August Kummer – 10 Melodic Etudes, Op.57
- Two contrasting parts of any sontatas of the following composers:
Antonio Vivaldi (Edition Ricordi, Bärenreiter or Editio Musica Budapest)
Benedetto Marcello (Editio Musica Budapest)
Georg Philipp Telemann (Bärenreiter HM 13)
or one of the sonatas:
Antonio Vandini – Sonata in F major (Edition Schott)
Antonio Vandini – Sonata in G major (Edition Schott)
- Piece by a composer from the country of origin of the competition participant.
2nd group – up to 15 (born after 31/12/2008):
1st STAGE
- Chosen etude or caprice – selection:
Auguste Franchomme – 12 etudes, Op.35
Auguste Franchomme – 12 caprices, Op.7
- Kazimierz Wiłkomirski – selection:
Aria
Vocalise
- I and II movement or III and IV movement of chosen sonata*:
Andrea Caporale – 6 Sonatas (Edition Granzino)
Francesco Geminiani – 6 Sonatas (Edition Peters Frankfurt)
Benedetto Marcello – 6 Sonatas (Editio Musica Budapest)
Georg Ph. Telemann – Sonata in D major (Bärenreiter HM 13)
Antonio Vivaldi – 9 Sonatas (Edition Ricordi, Bärenreiter or Editio Musica
Budapest).
Performances of works in their original version, accompanied with basso continuo, are welcomed. The organizers will provide a performer for a second cello part. The contestant can perform a piece with the chosen accompanying cellist.
*Only chosen editions of musical score
2nd STAGE
- Johann Sebastian Bach – two movements (without repeats) from Cello Suites:
I Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007 – Allemande and Courante or Sarabande and Gigue
II Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008 – Allemande and Courante or Sarabande and Gigue
III Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009 – Allemande and Courante or Sarabande and Gigue
- I or II and III movement of concerto:
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in G major, G.480
Georg Goltermann – Cello Concerto No.3, Op.51
Georg Goltermann – Cello Concerto No.4, Op.65
Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto in D major, Hob. VIIb: 4
Julius Klengel – Concertino No.1 in C major, Op.7
Carl Stamitz – Cello Concerto in C major
Carl Stamitz – Cello Concerto in G major
- Overture form – selection:
Artemi Ayvazyan – Concert etude
Luigi Boccherini – Rondo
Emil Dunkler – La Fileuse, Op.15
Gabriel Urbain Faure – Papillon, Op.77
Daniel van Goens – Scherzo, Op.12
Samuel Kossowski – Polonaise with Introduction in C major
David Popper – Concert Polonaise in D minor, Op.14
David Popper – Tarantella, Op.33
Camille Saint-Saëns – Allegro appassionato, Op.43
3rd group – up to 17 (born after 31/12/2006)
1st STAGE
- Chosen etude from:
David Popper – „Hohe Schule”, Op.73
- Kazimierz Wiłkomirski – selection:
Mazurek
Long poem
- I and II movement or II and III movement of sonatas from*:
Luigi Boccherini – 19 Sonatas (Edition Ricordi or Zanibon)
Performances of works in their original version, accompanied with basso continuo, are welcomed. The organizers will provide a performer for a second cello part. The contestant can perform a piece with the chosen accompanying cellist.
*Only chosen editions of musical score
2nd STAGE
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from selected Cello Suites:
I Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007
II Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008
III Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009
IV Cello Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
- Chosen cello piece:
Ernest Bloch – I Suite: movements I i II or movements III i IV (Broude Brothers)
Benjamin Britten – Suite No.1, Op.72: Canto I – I Fugue or IV Marcia – Canto terzo (Faber)
Gaspar Cassado – Suite for Cello Solo: movement I (Universal)
George Crumb – Sonata for Solo Cello: movement I or movement II (Peters)
Sofia Gubaidulina – “10 Präludien”: 2–3 preludes to choose (duration: 6 minutes) (Sikorski Verlag)
Hans Werner Henze – Serenade: 5 movements to choose (Schott)
Paul Hindemith – Cello Sonata, Op.25 No.3: movements from I to III or movements from III to V (Schott)
Volker David Kirchner – „Und Salomo sprach …” (Schott)
Witold Lutosławski – Sacher-Variation
Enrico Mainardi – „7 Studi brevi”: movements from I to IV or movements from IV to VII (Schott)
- I or II and III movement of concerto – selection:
Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob.VIIb:1
Dmitry Kabalevsky – Cello Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.49
Anton Kraft – Cello Concerto in C major
Edouard Lalo – Cello concerto in D minor
Siergiej Prokofiew – Concertino in G minor, Op.132
Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33
mvt I and II (according to Edition Peters to letter H = bar 372)
or mvt II and III (according to Edition Peters from letter F = bar 208)
or
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 , 1st and 2nd mvt
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85, 3rd and 4th mvt
Antonin Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104, 1st mvt