Programme
Stage I
From the repertoire provided below the Contestant selects two pieces from group A and two pieces from group B, and next they draw one piece from each group. The Contestant has not more than 30 minutes to work on the drawn oeuvres with the orchestra. In case of cyclic or multi-part pieces, if the Jury resigns from selecting a specific part, the Contestant chooses the part at their own discretion.
GROUP A
G. Rossini – Overture to the opera The Thieving Magpie (ed. Luck’s Music Library)
C.M. Weber – Overture to the opera Oberon
G. Verdi – Overture to the opera Nabucco
S. Moniuszko – Fantastic overture to The Fairy Tale
GROUP B
W.A. Mozart – Symphony in D major Haffner Symphony KV 385 (ed. Bärenreiter)
W.A. Mozart – Symphony in C-major Linz Symphony KV 425 (ed. Bärenreiter)
L. van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67 (ed. Bärenreiter)
L. van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 Eroica
Stage II
From the repertoire provided below the Contestant selects two pieces from group A and two pieces (including a composition by Karol Szymanowski or Henryk Mikołaj Górecki – mandatory) from group B, and next they draw one piece from each group. The Contestant has not more than 45 minutes to work on the drawn oeuvres with the orchestra. In case of cyclic or multi-part pieces, if the Jury resigns from selecting a specific part, the Contestant chooses the part at their own discretion.
GROUP A
E. Elgar – Enigma Variations op. 36
A. Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World
J. Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98
M. Karłowicz – Symphony in E minor Revival op. 7
GROUP B
A. Dvořák – Cello Concerto in H minor op. 104
H.M. Górecki – Concerto-Cantata op. 65
J. Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47
K. Szymanowski – Violin Concerto No. 2 op. 61
Stage III
From the repertoire provided below the Contestant selects two pieces from group A and two pieces from group B, and next they draw one piece from group A and one piece from group B. The Contestant has not more than 50 minutes to work on the drawn oeuvres with the orchestra (not more than 25 minutes per each of the drawn pieces). In case of cyclic or multi-part pieces, if the Jury resigns from selecting a specific part, the contestant chooses the part at their own discretion.
GROUP A
C. Debussy – The Sea
S. Hindemith – Symphony Mathis the Painter
B. Bartók – Concerto for orchestra
W. Lutosławski – Concerto for orchestra
GROUP B
K. Szymanowski – Symphony No. 2 in B flat major op. 19
W. Lutosławski – Symphony No. 4
H.M. Górecki – Refrain op. 21
K. Penderecki – Symphony No. 2 Christmas Symphony
Changes in the programme of each stage communicated in the Competition are permissible provided they are communicated (by electronic means in a registration form available on the Internet website www.fitelbergcompetition.com) not later than by 29 September 2023.
