Repertoire for 16 and under competition

Preliminary Round

For the DVD recording, entrants should perform a programme entirely  from memory.  The time limit for the complete programme should not exceed 20 minutes:

1 EITHER: (a) The first movement of one of the following concertos :

Bach  One of the concertos

Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C major, op.15

Beethoven Concerto no. 2 in B flat, op.19

Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37

Chopin Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11

Chopin Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21

Haydn Concerto in D major

Kabalevsky Concerto No 3 in D major 'Youth'

Mozart  Any of the Concertos

Shostakovich Concerto no. 2 in F major


Or 1 (b): The whole of the following work (Complete): 


Finzi Eclogue

AND 2:  An etude(s) from one or more of the following composers:

Bartok, Chopin, Clementi, Cramer, Czerny, Debussy,Liszt, Mozskowski,Prokofiev Rachmaninov, Scriabin

Semifinal Round:

A maximum of twelve participants will be invited to perform their chosen concertos from the  preliminary round  at Chetham’s School of Music on 17 August 2009 accompanied on a second piano. 

Candidates who offered single movements in the preliminary round from list 1(a) above will have to perform their  entire concerto from memory at this stage.  Candidates who offered complete works from list 1 (b) in the preliminary round  will be asked to perform these works again.

Final Round:

A maximum of four participants will be invited to perform their concertos from the semifinal round with Manchester Camerata at the Royal Northern College of Music on August 20 in Manchester.