Repertoire

*SECOND ROUND (**11 - 13 September 2024, Leeds, UK)*

Competitors should prepare two contrasting programmes each of 40 minutes duration, and each to include one substantial work or group of works by a major composer. No music from the First Round may be selected for the Second Round. All works must be complete, from editions that adhere to the original text and played from memory.

*SEMI-FINALS (**15 - 17 September 2024, Leeds, UK)*

Competitors should prepare two contrasting programmes – Programme A and Programme B – of no longer than 75 minutes music in total, made up of solo piano music and chamber music chosen from two Groups. Consideration should be given to the building of each of these programmes as a whole. The Jury will select one of the two programmes for the Competitor to perform. Competitors will be notified of this when the list of Semi-finalists is announced at the end of the Second Round. In Programme A, each Competitor should include one piece of chamber music from Group 1 (Piano Trios, Quartets and Quintets). In Programme B, each Competitor should include one piece of chamber music from Group 2 (Violin Sonatas and Cello Sonatas). The remainder of each programme will consist of solo piano music of the performer’s choice but must include one 20th/21st century work from the list provided. The solo piano music selected should be different for each programme, with the exception of the 20th/21st century piece, which can be the same piece in both Programme A and Programme B.

SOLO PIANO

No music from the First or Second Round repertoire may be selected for the Semifinals. In total the solo piano music for each programme should last not less than 30 minutes and not more than 45 minutes. The final duration of the solo piano music in each programme is at the discretion of the Competitor and will depend on the duration of the chamber works selected. The total duration of each programme must not exceed 75 minutes, including pauses. The repertoire must include a 20th / 21st century work (use of the scores is permitted), which can be the same in each programme, drawn from the following:

20th/ 21st Century Works – Solo Piano

Thomas Ades Three Mazurkas
George Benjamin Meditation and Relativity Rag
Luciano Berio Sequenza
Unsuk Chin Etudes
Brett Dean Hommage a Brahms
György Ligeti Selection of Etudes
Sofia Gubaidulina Chaconne
György Kurtág Selection of Játékok
Kate Whitley Five Piano Pieces

CHAMBER MUSIC

Two chamber works should be chosen, one from each of two different groups. One piano trio/quartet/quintet and one duo sonata, drawn from the following:

Group 1 – Chamber Music

Piano Quintets and Quartets

Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor, Op.60
Amy Beach Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op.67
Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57

Piano Trios

Ludwig van Beethoven Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1 ‘The Ghost’
Fanny Mendelssohn Trio in D minor, Op.11
Maurice Ravel Trio

Group 2 – Chamber Music

Violin Sonatas

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata in G major, Op.30 No.3
Gabriel Faure Violin Sonata No.1 in A major, Op.13

Cello Sonatas

Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D Major, Op.58 No.2
Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, Op.38

Only one chamber work will be selected by the Jury. Notification of the chosen piece will be given when the list of Semi-final competitors is announced.

*CONCERTO FINALS (**20 and 21 September 2024, Bradford, UK)*

Competitors should submit two choices of concerto, one from Group 1 and one from Group 2. Only one concerto will be chosen by the Jury. Notification of the concerto to be played will be given when the Finalists are announced. The concerto will be played with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Domingo Hindoyan.

Group 1 – Concerto Finals

J.S. Bach Concerto in D minor, BWV1052
Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15 / Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37 / Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58
Felix Mendelssohn Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.40
W.A. Mozart Concerto in E flat major, K271 / Concerto in B flat major, K450 / Concerto in D minor, K466 / Concerto in E flat major, K482

Group 2 – Concerto Finals

Béla Bartók Concerto No.3, Sz.119
Johannes Brahms Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op.83
Frédéric Chopin Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21
Franz Liszt Concerto No.2 in A major, S125
Sergei Prokofiev Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16 / Concerto No.3 in C major, Op.26
Sergei Rachmaninov Concerto No.4 in G minor, Op.40 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor, Op.43
Maurice Ravel Concerto in G major
Robert Schumann Concerto in A minor, Op.54
Clara Schumann-Wieck Concerto in A minor, Op.7