Performance Pieces

Initial selection

Please select 3 pieces from groups (A) and (B), listed below and record them onto a cassette, MD, CD etc.


Please write your name, the names of the pieces and the date and location of the recording on the cassette, CD, MD etc.
The Perfomances should have been recorded after 1st November 2004.


(A)Bach  : 1 piece from The Well Tempered Clavier vol. I or vol. II
(B)Chopin : 2 etudes of your choice from Op.10 or Op.25

Round 1

You will be required to play pieces from each of the groups listed below (A), (B), (C).
The performance time should be no more than 20 minutes in total.


(A)1 Etude by: Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Stravinsky or Prokofiev
(B)The 1st movement from any sonata by: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi, Schubert
(C)A piece of your choice

Round 2

You will be required to play pieces from each of the groups listed below (A), (B), (C).
The performance time should be no more than 40 minutes in total.


(A)The remainder of the sonata which you performed for round 1
(B)Piece(s) of your choice by: Schumann, Brahms, Schubert, Chopin, or Liszt (You may choose pieces by more than one composer. In the case of a sonata, you may choose which movement(s) to play)
(C)Any piece of contemporary or modern music composed after 1900

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Round 3

Please select one piece from the list below. You will be required to play the first movement with an orchestral accompaniment.

Mozart: Piano Concerto no.12 in A major
Piano Concerto no.13 in C major
Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor
Piano Concerto no.21 in C major
Piano Concerto no.23 in A major
K.414
K.415
K.466
K.467
K.488
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.1 in C major
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor
Op.15
Op.19
Op.37

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Final

You will be required to play both (A) and (B):


(A)The piece commissioned for this competition
(B)One concerto of your choice from the list below, to be performed with orchestral accompaniment

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.4 in G major
Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major
Op.58
Op.73 (Emperor)
Chopin: Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor
Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor
Op.11
Op.21
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54
Liszt: Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major
 
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor
Piano Concerto no.4 in C minor
Piano Concerto no.5 in F major
Op.22
Op.44
Op.103
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor Op.23
Rachmaninoff:

Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor
Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor
Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor
Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini

Op.1
Op.18
Op.30
Op.43
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor
Piano Concerto no.3 in C major
Op.16
Op.26
Greig: Piano Concerto in A minor   Op.16

●Notes


・All performances must be from memory.
・All performances will be open to the general public
・Parts of the piece may be cut for time purposes at the discretion of the jury.
・Please inform the Takamatsu International Piano Competition Offices of any changes to your programme (by e-mail or fax).
 Any changes must be confirmed by 28th February (Tue) 2006.

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