Repertoire

1st ROUND · RECITAL

Duration:  20 min. maximum

1. One study of free choice from David Popper’s "High school of cello playing", Op. 73

2. Prelude of free choice from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Suites for solo cello, BWV 1007–1012

3. One of the following pieces:

  • Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Adagio and Allegro
  • Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Cello Sonata

FINAL ROUND · PERFORMANCE WITH STRINGS ORCHESTRA

Duration:  35 min maximum

1. Alexey Shor: First movement from "Musical Pilgrimage" — Cello Concerto (Download scores: solo part, piano reduction)

2. One of the following pieces:

  • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob.VIIb:1 (Сomplete Concerto)
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788): Cello Concerto in A Major, H.439 Wq 172

* All pieces, except for Alexey Shor's First movement from "Musical Pilgrimage" — Cello Concerto, must be performed by memory.
** Programmes cannot be changed after the closing date of applications.