repertoire and schedule
chamber music competition "Beethoven in his Time"
INSTRUMENTATIONS
Violin and fortepiano
Cello and fortepiano
Trio violin, violoncello and fortepiano
Approved are historical instruments or their replicas. Two fortepianos (5 octaves and 6½ octaves) for the competition and six fortepianos for preparation will be provided by the organiser.
REPERTOIRE
The focus of this new competition for historical performance practice is the work of Ludwig van Beethoven, complemented by pieces by composers from his Bonn and Viennese backround:
- Viennese classical period (Haydn, Mozart)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christian Bach (as historical models and forerunners of Viennese classics)
- Contemporaries from Bonn: Ferdinand Ries, Johann Gottlob Neefe (Beethoven’s teacher), Anton Reicha, Andreas and Bernhard Romberg (Beethoven's colleagues in the Bonner Hofkapelle)
- Contemporaries from Vienna: i.e. Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Joseph Woelfl, Carl Czerny, Ferdinand Ries, Ignaz Moscheles, Louis Spohr, Schubert, Kozeluch, Anton Reicha
- Persons biographically connected to Beethoven, even without having a direct connection to Bonn or Vienna (e.g. Clementi, Rode, R. Kreutzer, J.-L. Duport)
There are compulsory pieces and a free to choose repertoire. Beethoven's pieces composed in Bonn are part of the compulsory repertoire. The free to choose repertoire is deliberately designed in order to give participants the greatest possible freedom to put together an imaginative programme.
REPERTOIRE DETAILS
for registration
When you register, you must already send your competition repertoire for all four rounds via WeTransfer to beethoven@siegburg.de.
Information about the 1st, 2nd and 3rd round of the competition
Compulsory pieces: name of the composer and title of the piece
Free to choose pieces: complete information (including infos on movement and approx. playing time)
Details of the final round
Detailed repertoire information
Your repertoire will be passed on unchecked and unchanged to the jury and the audience. Please be careful!
Subsequently, one piece per competition round may be changed until 7th August 2022.
None of the selected pieces may be repeated in another round (not even single movements).
The use of the original text – i.e. urtext editions or original editions – is assumed as far as possible. In the case of Urtext editions, playing must be based on a printed edition (no photocopies!). In the case of original editions or manuscripts, copies or printouts from online accessible rights-free sources are allowed. In principle, playing from digitised sheet music is permitted, provided this complies with copyright law, i.e. the sheet music has been obtained via the publishers' app or permission has been granted by the archives. Any necessary permission to use the sheet music must be obtained from the participant; the organiser is not liable for the use of illegal copies by the participants.
REQUIREMENTS
(1) There are compulsory pieces and a free to choose repertoire. Beethoven work from Bonn is part of the compulsory repertoire. The free to choose repertoire is deliberately designed in order to give participants the greatest possible freedom to put together an imaginative programme.
(2) Own initiative in the selection of the free to choose pieces is expressly possible and even desirable! It is also possible to pick self-selected and researched pieces, as long as they meet the criteria. It is also possible to play contemporary arrangements (e.g. the Diabelli violin version of Schuberts Arpeggione Sonata) as such arrangements were an integral part of the musical life of that time.
The period of origin of the free to choose pieces should not be later than about 10 years after Beethoven's death, because otherwise the piece may no longer fit the instrumentation of the Beethoven era. Your chosen piece must be approved by us. Please consult us at beethoven@siegburg.de as early as possible. If requested, a copy of the sheet music must be made available to the jury.
After the end of the registration period, only one piece per competition round can be changed until 7th August 2022.
(3) There is a maximum total playing time of 30 minutes for rounds 1 and 2, of 50 minutes for round 3 and of 60 minutes for the final round 4. The allotted starting time must be strictly adhered to. The time is measured from the first to the last played note in the performance.
If the time is exceeded, the jury may stop the performance immediately.
(4) The Participants are free to omit the prescribed repetitions with regard to the playing time of the competition rounds.
(5) Playing by heart is not expected and does not count towards the rating.
Playing by sheet music is expressly permitted!
Fortepianos available at the competition
to be announced
compulsory pieces of music
The following maximum total playing times per round (30min - 30min - 50min - 60min) are mandatory. The time is measured from the first to the last played note of the performance.
The participants are free to omit repetitions in relation to the duration of the competition rounds.
Monday, 5.9.2022
Arrival of participants, drawing of lots for the order of performances
Tuesday, 6.9.2022
Stage and acoustic rehearsals
Wednesday/Thursday, 7/8.9.2022
Round 1: 20 ensembles, max. 30 min
Cello / Fortepiano
Beethoven: Variations of your choice for violoncello and piano
and
a piece of the free to choose repertoire (see below)
Violin / Fortepiano
Beethoven: Variations WoO 40 (begun Bonn 1792) or Rondo WoO 41 (Bonn 1790-92)
and
a piece of the free to choose repertoire
piano Trio
Beethoven: Trio in E flat major WoO 38 (Bonn 1790/91) or variations op. 44
and
a piece of the free to choose repertoire
Friday, 9.9.2022
Round 2: 10 ensembles, playing time max. 30 min.
Cello / Fortepiano
Beethoven: one of the sonatas op. 5 or op. 17 of your choice
Violin / Fortepiano
Beethoven: one of the sonatas op. 12, 23 or 24 of your choice
piano Trio
Beethoven: one of the piano trios op. 1
Saturday, 10.9.2022
Round 3 (semi-final): 5 ensembles, playing time max. 50 min.
Cello / Fortepiano
Ferdinand Ries: one sonata for violoncello / piano (including op. 34) or two shorter pieces (op. 72, 113 no. 1, 113 no. 2) of your choice
and
Joseph Woelfl: Sonata "Grand Duo" op. 31
Violin / Fortepiano
Ferdinand Ries: Sonata of your choice (op. 8 / op. 16 / op. 71)
and
Joseph Woelfl: Sonata of your choice
piano Trio
a piano trio by Ferdinand Ries (op. 2 / op. 28 / op. 143 / op. post. WoO 86)
and
a piano Trio by Joseph Woelfl free to choose
Sunday, 11.9.2022
Round 4 (final): 3 ensembles, min. 50 min to max. 60 min, in two separated concerts
15.30h free to choose repertoire
19.00h Beethoven
Cello / Fortepiano
Beethoven: one of the sonatas op. 69 or op. 102 of your choice
and
one piece or two shorter pieces of the free to choose repertoire - not played in rounds 1-3
Violin / Fortepiano
Beethoven: one of the sonatas op. 30 or 96 of your choice
and
one piece or two shorter pieces of the free to choose repertoire - not played in rounds 1-3
Piano Trio
Beethoven: one of the Piano Trios op. 70 or Variations op. 121a of your choice
and
one piece or two shorter pieces of the free to choose repertoire - not played in rounds 1-3
free to choose repertoire
CELLO / PIANO
Jean-Louis Duport: Romance in C major, Nouveau Nocturne or one of the other Nocturnes, Sonata of choice. Duo concertante
Eberl: Variations sur un thème russe op. 17
Hummel: a piece of your choice
e.g. Sonata op. 104, Variations op. 54, Oberon's Magic Horn op. 116 (Czerny version)
Franz Lachner:
Introduction et Variations sur un theme favori op. 12
Grande Sonata op. 14
Moscheles: Sonata concertante op. 34
B. Romberg: piece of your choice, e.g.:
one of the sonatas op. 6 (= sonata op. 5 in the version with Fortepiano instead of harp)
or Divertimenti op. 42, 46, 65 or Variations op. 50, 51, 60
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata – may be played on the arpeggione
Spohr: Sonata of your choice (version for cello instead of violin and piano instead of harp) Op. 113, 114
Vorisek: a piece of your choice, e.g.:
Introduction and Variations op. 9
Rondo op. 2
Rondo op. 8
Recommendations for Round 3
Ries, shorter pieces of your choice, e.g.:
Air russe varié op. 72
Introduction et rondeau sur un danse russe op. 113/1
Introduction et rondo op. 113/2
VIOLIN / PIANO
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata of your choice or J.C.Bach: Sonata of your choice (op. 15, no. 3/4, op. 10)
Baillot: a piece of your choice
e.g. Sonata op. 32, Adagio et Rondo op. 40, Andante in B minor, one of the Nocturnes op. 35
Czerny: a piece of your choice, e.g.: Variations op. 1
Clementi: Sonata from op. 15, op. 30
Eberl: sonata op. 49
Eybler: one of the sonatas op. 9
Hummel: a piece of your choice, e.g.:
Grand Rondeau brilliant op. 126
Variations op. 14
Variations sur un air allemande
Sonatas op. 2a, 5, 64, 50 (version violin)
Oberon's Magic Horn (version Czerny for violin)
Rodolphe Kreutzer: Grande Sonate in A minor op. 20, La molinara (variations)
Mayseder: a piece of your choice, e.g. op. 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 35, 37, 42, 45, 46
Moscheles: Introduction et rondeau ecossais op. 63
Mozart: a piece of your choice (Sonata or Variation Cycle)
Neefe: a sonata of your choice
A. Romberg: one of the sonatas op. 9 or B. Romberg: one of the sonatas op. 6 of your choice (= sonatas op. 5 in the version with fortepiano instead of harp)
Pixis: Sonata op. 14
Pleyel: one of the 6 violin sonatas
Pierre Rode: a piece of your choice, e.g.
Cavatine et rondeau mélé d'airs russe (version violin and piano)
Thème varié (e.g. No. 4, No. 8)
Schubert: a piece of your choice (including Diabelli violin version of the Arpeggione Sonata) NOT Fantasie D 934
Spohr: a piece of your choice, e.g.:
Grand Rondeau op. 51
Sonatas (op. 113-115, versions for piano instead of harp)
Steibelt: Violin sonata of choice
Vorisek: a piece of your choice:
Sonata op. 5 dr (no original text!)
Rondo op. 8
Rondo op. 2
Recommendations for Round 3
Joseph Woelfl:
Violin Sonata op. 27 no. 3
Violin Sonata op. 67
Violin Sonatas op. 14
Grand Duo op. 31 (violin instead of cello)
PIANO TRIO
C.P.E. Bach: Trio of your choice (WQ 89, 90, 91) or J.C. Bach: Trio of your choice
(Op 2, op. 15 Nos. 1 + 2)
Clementi: Trio ("Sonata") of choice, e.g. WoO 6 (op. 33/35), op. 22, 27-29, 32
Czerny: Trio of your choice (e.g. op. 166, 173)
Eberl: Trio free to choose (e.g. Trio op. 8 No. 2 or Trio from op. 10)
Eybler: Trio op. 4
Hummel: Trio of your choice or Variations op. 78
Haydn: Trio of your choice
Kozeluch: Trio of your choice (e.g. op. 6, 19, 21, 28, 34, 41)
Mayseder: Trio free to choose (e.g. op. 54)
Moscheles: Introduction et Variations Concertantes op. 17
Mozart: Trio of your choice (including KV 254)
Pleyel: Trio of choice
Pixis: Trio op. 95
Schubert: Trioset of your choice ("Sonata" D 28 or Notturno D 897)
Reicha: Trio of your choice (op. 47, op. 101, 1-6)
Recommendations for Round 3
Woelfl: Piano Trios op. 5, 16, 23, 25