Concerto Competition 2011-12

 

TO REGISTER: Submit Completed Application Form and Registration Fee: $25.00 (Non-Refundable)

on Saturdays, 8:30-12:30

OR

mail to: 9 Vassar St., Suite #32,  Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

 

DATES

All Categories: December 10, between 2:30 and 8pm Application Deadline Oct. 15, 2011

Finalists Recital: TBA, 11:00am

 

DETAILS AND RULES

All Stringendo students are invited to participate in this exciting performance opportunity.  Contestants will be featured in a recital open to the public.   Winners will be chosen by a panel of judges to perform with orchestral accompaniment at Stringendo's spring concerts.  Finalists will be featured in recital.  

  1. Participants must perform a piece or movement from the lists below OR a concerto with available string orchestra accompaniment (must be approved in advance by Stringendo)
  2. Participants must perform from memory with piano accompaniment. 
  3. Each participant may only perform once per year.
  4. Participants must be registered for both fall and spring semesters.
  5. Participants are eligible for any category, regardless of orchestral placement.
  6. Participants will be notified in advance of their performance time.  Performance times are not negotiable once assigned; please inform us of conflicts (you OR your accompanist) on your registration form.
  7. Each selection is limited to six minutes.  Appropriate cuts should be planned in advance.
  8. Previous winners are not eligible in the same category again. Winners must take a year off before competing again in any category.

 

Repertoire

Category A 

Violin

Viola

·         Vivaldi: Concerto in d minor ( I, II )

All

  • J.S. Bach: Bouree,  Gavottes in g minor, D major (D major not eligible in 2010-11)
  • Dvorak: Humoresque 
  • Handel: Bouree  
  • Lully: Gavotte
  • Paganini: Witches' Dance
  • Schumann: The Two Grenadiers
  • Seitz: Concertos (from Suzuki Books 3-5)  

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Category B 

Violin

  • Accolay: Concerto No. 1
  • J.S.Bach: Concertos in a minor, Double Concerto
  • Haydn: Concerto in G major
  • M. Haydn: Concerto in B-flat
  • Lacombe: Aubade a  Ninon
  • Massenet: Meditation from "Thais"
  • Monti: Czardas
  • J. Stamitz: Concerto in C
  • Svendsen: Romance
  • Tartini: Andante Cantabile
  • Telemann: Concertos in D, am, gm
  • Ten Have: Allegro Brilliant

Viola

  • J.C. Bach: Concerto in c minor (I, II)                      
  • Handel/Barbirolli: Concerto
  • Vivaldi: Concerto for Viola d'Amore
  • Stamitz: Concerto in G
  • J. Stamitz: Concerto in G
  • Telemann: Viola Concerto

Cello

  • J.C. Bach: Concerto in c minor (I, II)
  • Bloch:  Prayer
  • Casadesus: Song of the Birds
  • Couperin: Pieces en Concert
  • Faure: Elegy
  • Herbert: Punchinello, The Mountain Brook, Yesterthought
  • Marcello: Sonata I in F
  • Saint-Saėns: The Swan
  • Stamitz: Concerto (II)
  • Tartini: Adagio Cantabile
  • Vivaldi: Sonatas No. 1-6f
  • Volkmann: Serenade No. 3 

Bass

  • Dragonetti: Concerto
  • Dragonetti: Andante and Rondo
  • Saint-Saėns: The Elephant
  • Vanhal: Concerto (not eligible in 2010-11)

All

  • J.S. Bach: Arioso, Air on the G string       
  • Rachmaninoff: Vocalise

 

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Category C 
 
Violin
  • J.S. Bach : Concerto in E major 
  • Handel: Concerto in B-flat (Sonata 5)
  • Haydn: Concerto in C major
  • Kreisler: Concerto in the style of Vivaldi,   Praeludium & Allegro
  • Mendelssohn: Concerto in d minor
  • Mozart: Concerto in G (I), D, or A (D major not eligible in 2010-11)
  • Sammartini: Concerto in C
  • Schubert: Rondo in A
  • Tartini: Concertos in E, A
  • Vieuxtemps: Variations on Yankee Doodle
  • Viotti: Concerto No. 23
  • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons  

Viola

  • J.C.Bach: Concerto in c minor (III)
  • Hindemith: Trauermusik
  • Hovhaness: Talin Concerto
  • C. Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D
  • Vaughn-Williams Concerto

Cello

  • J.C Bach: Concerto in c minor (III)
  • Boccherini: Concerto No. 2 in D, Concerto in B flat ( I, II, III)
  • Gretry: Suite Rococo
  • Haydn: Concerto in D ( II, III ),  Concerto in C
  • Monn: Concerto (I, II, III)
  • Tchaikowski: Andante Cantabile
  • Vieuxtemps : Variations on Yankee Doodle