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COMPETITION REPERTOIRE


 

Age group

Number of rounds

Junior category

A

one round

B

one round

C

two rounds

Professional category

D

three rounds


 

Group A

The selected candidates will need to prepare a programme not exceeding 6‒10 minutes and including two contrasting works of the competitor’s own choice.

 

Group B

The selected candidates will need to prepare a programme not exceeding 10‒15 minutes and including two contrasting works of the competitor’s own choice, one of which should be from the Baroque or Classical periods.

 

Group C

Round I

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Sarabanda and Giga from Six Cello Suits, BWV 1007‒1012;

  • Kasparas Šerpytis – Respite and Jazz for cello and piano (2023);

  • A virtuoso piece of free choice (duration 5–7 min).


Round II

One of the listed concerto works:

  • Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto in h-minor, Op. 104, B. 191, mvt. I Allegro;

  • Édouard Lalo, Cello Concerto in d-minor, mvt. I Prelude, Lento – Allegro maestoso;

  • Camille Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto in a-minor, Op. 33;

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Variation on Rococo Theme, Op. 33 for Cello and orchestra. (Fitzenhagen versija)


 

Group D

Round I

1. One of the listed works for solo cello:

  • Max Reger – Suite No.1 in G major op. 131c, I and II movement;

  • Max Reger – Suite No.2 in d-minor op. 131c, I and II movement;;

  • Max Reger – Suite No.3 in a-minor op. 131c, I and II movement;

  • Max Reger – Suite No.3 in a-minor op. 131c, Andante with variation;

 2. Anatolijus Šenderovas – Hommage for cello solo (Edition, Verlag Neue Musik)


Round II

Six competitors will be chosen to reach the semi-final stage of the competition. The Jury can decide to choose seven competitors as an exception.

1. Claude Debussy Sonata for cello and piano in d-minor, L. 135.

2. Faustas Latėnas – Sonata for cello and piano (1977, Edition Verlag Neue Musik).

3. A freely chosen virtuoso piece for cello and piano.


Round III

Three cellists will be chosen to participate in the finals. The Jury can decide to choose four competitors as an exception.

Finalists appear in a public concert with the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra:

  • Edward Elgar – Concerto in e-minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85;

  • Édouard Lalo – Concerto in d-minor for Cello and Orchestra;

  • Robert Schumann – Concerto in a-minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 129;

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Variation on Rococo Theme, Op. 33 for Cello and orchestra (Fitzenhagen version).



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