REPERTOIRE

First Edition ICCR

SELECTION ROUNDS JUNE 1-3 2021

Round 1

Sinfonia Rotterdam

  • Beethoven – Symphony no. 2 in D major – I ‘Adagio molto – allegro con brio’
  • Mendelssohn – The hebrides
  • Haydn – Symphony no. 90 in C major Hob I:90 – I ‘Adagio – allegro assai’

Round 2

Sinfonia Rotterdam

  • Mozart – Overture Don Giovanni KV527
  • Mozart – Overture Die Zauberflöte KV620
  • Stravinsky – Concerto in E flat ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ I Tempo Giusto
  • Stravinsky – Concerto in E flat ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ III Con moto

COMPETITION MAY 25 – JUNE 3 2022

Round 1 Proms

Sinfonia Rotterdam

20-minute free choice programme with a selection of accessible 20th/21st century music.

Specific requirements for the instrumentation will be provided.

Round 2 Contemporary

(3 works)
Doelen Ensemble

  • Schoenberg – Kammersymphonie no. 1 opus 9 in E major
  • Unsuk Chin – Gougalon
  • Ligeti – Kammerkonzert

Round 3 18th Century

(3 times 3 works)
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

5 minutes Early Haydn

  • Symphony no. 59 in A major Hob 1:59– whole symphony
  • Symphony no. 55 in E flat major Hob 1:55– I ‘Allegro di molto’
  • Symphony no. 59 in A major Hob 1:59– I ‘Presto’

8 minutes Beethoven Overture

  • Overture Coriolan opus 62
  • Overture Fidelio opus 72
  • Overture Egmont opus 82

10 minutes Schubert symphony

  • Symphony no. 8 in B minor D. 759 ‘Unfinished’ – I ‘Allegro moderato’
  • Symphony no. 8 in B minor D. 759 ‘Unfinished’ – II ‘Andante con moto’
  • Symphony no. 9 in C major D. 944 ‘The Great’– IV ‘Finale. Allegro vivace’

Round 4 Opera

(2 selections)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Rotterdam Symphony Choir

2 times 20-minute selection from Bizet’s Carmen. Every conductor will work with the same 5 vocalists (laureates of the International Vocal Competition ’s-Hertogenbosch) plus the Rotterdam Symphony Choir.

Selection 1

  • Overture
  • Carmen, sur tes pas
  • Habanera
  • Melons, coupons
  • Quant au douanier

Selection 2

  • Près des remparts de Séville
  • Les tringles des sistres tintaient
  • Nous avons en tête une affaire
  • Entr’acte
  • Les voici

Round 5 Large Symphonic

(compulsory commissioned piece plus one of three works)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Compulsory work:

–       Joey Roukens (commission)

Plus one of the following works (to be picked by the jury)

  • Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 6 in B minor opus 74 (‘Pathetique’) – III ‘Allegro molto vivace ’& IV ‘Finale: Adagio  lamentoso’
  • Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 in D minor opus 47 – I ‘Moderato’
  • Mahler – Symphony no. 4 in G major – I ‘Bedächtig-nicht eilen-recht gemächlich’

 

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