Repertory in the discipline harpsichord

2000

1st round


a) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Two Inventions, BWV 772–786
and
Two Sinfonias, BWV 787–801

b) Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
A Toccata
from: Libro quarto (1656)

c) Louis Couperin (1626–1661)
Prélude No 1 D minor
or
Prélude No 3 G minor
or
Prélude No 6 A minor (à l’imitation de Mr. Froberger)
from: Pièces de Clavecin
 

2nd round


a) Johann Sebastian Bach
A Partita, BWV 825–830

b) Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue E flat minor, BWV 853
oder
Prelude and Fugue A flat minor, BWV 886

c) Georg Muffat (1653–1704)
Passacaglia G minor
from: Apparatus musico-organisticus (1690)
or
Gottlieb Muffat (1690–1770)
Ciacona G major, R. 135
from: Componimenti musicali per il cembalo

d) Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
Sonata F major, op. 5 No 4
or
Sonata D minor, op. 5 No 12

Final


a) Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita D major, BWV 828
or
French Ouverture B minor, BWV 831

b) Thomas Christoph Heyde (*1973)
Schwebung (composed for the XIInd International Bach Competition Leipzig 2000)

c) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Concerto D major, Wq 18 (H 421)
or
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
Concerto D major, Fk 41 (BR-WFB C 9)

2006

1st round


a) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Two Inventions, BWV 772–786
and
Two Sinfonias, BWV 787–801

b) Johann Sebastian Bach
Two Preludes and Fugues, BWV 870–893
 

2nd round


a) Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
A Toccata
from: Libro quarto (1656)

b) François Couperin (1668–1733)
Four pieces
from: Second livre de pièces de clavicin, neuvième ordre

c) Johann Sebastian Bach
A French Suite, BWV 812–817

d) Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata E minor, BWV 1034
or
Sonata E major, BWV 1035

e) A work of the candidate’s choice, composed after 1970
 

Final


a) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
A Partita, BWV 825–830

b) Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
Concerto G major, WarB C 72
or
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto D minor, BWV 1052

2010

1st round


a) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Two Inventions, BWV 772–786
and
Two Sinfonias, BWV 787–801

b) Johann Sebastian Bach
Two Preludes and Fugues, BWV 870–893
 

2nd round


a) Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
A Toccata
from: Libro quarto (1656)
or
François Couperin (1668–1733)
Four pieces
from: Second livre de pièces de clavicin, neuvième ordre

b) Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
One of the pairs of sonatas listed below

K. 9/10, K. 258/53, K. 113/114, K. 124/125, K. 132/133, K. 140/141, K. 158/159, K. 204a/204b, K. 211/212, K. 232/233, K. 261/262, K. 296/297, K. 298/299, K. 302/303, K. 318/319, K. 380/381, K. 402/403, K. 404/405, K. 408/409, K. 416 /417, K. 422/423, K. 426/427, K. 460/461, K. 490/491, K. 513/514, K. 518/519

c) Johann Sebastian Bach
An English Suite, BWV 807–811

d) Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata E minor, BWV 1034
or
Sonata E major, BWV 1035
 

Semifinal


Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto F major, BWV 971
and Four Duetts, BWV 802–805
or
A Partita, BWV 826–830
 

Final


Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Concerto C minor, Wq 43 Nr. 4
oder
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto D minor, BWV 1052

2014

1st round


a) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
Toccata C major, SwWV 282
or
Toccata A minor, SwWV 297

b) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
A Toccata, BWV 910–916

c) Johann Sebastian Bach
A Sinfonia, BWV 787–801
 

2nd round


a) Johann Sebastian Bach
A French Suite, BWV 813–817
or
Suite A minor, BWV 818a
or
Suite E flat major, BWV 819a

b) Jean Henry D’Anglebert (1629–1691)
Prélude G major – Tombeau de Mr Chambonnières
or
Prélude G minor – Tombeau de Mr Chambonnières
or
Prélude D minor – Tombeau de Mr Chambonnières

c) Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
One of the pairs of sonatas listed below
K. 115/ 116, K. 215/ 216, K. 420/ 421, K. 501/ 502

d) Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693)
A Toccata from the following list:
1 D minor, 2 G minor, 3 A minor, 5 C major, 7 G major, 8 G major

e) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Sonata E major, Wq 48 No 3
or
Sonata A major, Wq 48 No 6
or
Sonata E minor, Wq 49 No 3
or
Sonata E flat major, Wq 49 No 5

Semifinal


a) Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue from the following selection:
BWV 874, 877, 879, 882, 885, 890, 891

b) Johann Sebastian Bach
A Partita, BWV 826–830
or
Sonate D minor, BWV 964

c) Johann Sebastian Bach
Ricercar a 3 (from: Musical Offering, BWV 1079)

Final


a) Johann Sebastian Bach
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue D minor, BWV 903

b) Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto E major, BWV 1053
or
Concerto D major, BWV 1054
or
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Concerto D minor, Wq 17
or
Concerto B flat major, Wq 25

2018

1st Round


a) Johann Sebastian Bach
One invention and one sinfonia of the competitor’s choice
from: Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
One prelude and fugue
from: Wohltemperiertes Klavier, Book I, BWV 846–869
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
One slow and one fast movement
from one of the concertos, BWV 972–987
 

2nd Round

 

a) Francois Couperin (1668–1733)
Two pieces of the competitor’s choice
from: Second livre de Pièces de clavecin
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
A transcription by the candidate of a movement from one of the following works
Suite G major, BWV 1007
or
Suite D minor, BWV 1008
or
Suite C major, BWV 1009
or
Solo (Partita) A minor, BWV 1013
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
One of the English Suites of the competitor’s choice, BWV 806–811
d) Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722)
Two movements
from: Neuer Clavier-Übung erster Teil (1689)
or
from: Neuer Clavier-Übung andrer Teil (1692)
 

Finals

 

a) mit Bass
Johann Sebastian Bach

One of the following paired recitatives and arias
Erwünschter Tag – Fürst des Lebens, starker Streiter!
from: Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31
or
Die Knechtsgestalt, die Not, der Mangel – Bist du, der mir helfen soll
from: Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186
or
Es kann mir fehlen nimmermehr – Das Stürmen von den rauhen Winden
from: Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn, BWV 92
b) solo
Johann Sebastian Bach

Fantasie A minor, BWV 922
or
Toccata F sharp minor, BWV 910
or
Toccata C minor, BWV 911
or
Toccata G minor, BWV 915
or
Toccata G major, BWV 916
c) solo
Johann Sebastian Bach

One prelude and fugue from the following selection:
BWV 874, BWV 878, BWV 881, BWV 887, BWV 892
from: Wohltemperiertes Klavier, Book II, BWV 870–893
or
Two fugues
from: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
d) with the Leipziger Barockorchester
Johann Sebastian Bach

Concerto E major, BWV 1053
oder
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Concerto B minor, Wq 30

2022

1st Round

a) Johann Sebastian Bach
Allemande, Gigue and two further dance movements (max. 10 min)
From one of the French Suites, BWV 812–817
b) Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
A Toccata
from: Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo et organo ... libro primo
or
Michelangelo Rossi (um 1602–1656)
A Toccata
from: Toccate e correnti (I–X)

2nd Round (max. 50 min)

a) Johann Sebastian Bach
Capriccio in B flat major sopra la lontananza del fratro dilettissimo, BWV 992
b) William Byrd (um 1540–1623)
Fantasia A minor (BK 13)
or
Walsingham (BK 8)
or
John come kiss me now (BK 81)
or
My Lady Nevells Ground (BK 57)
(The numbering follows the edition by Alan Brown, Musica Britannica, vol. 27 and 28.)
c) Louis Couperin (1626–1661)
A Prélude non mesuré and Chaconne/Passacaille
or
Jean Henry D’Anglebert (1629–1691)
A Prélude non mesuré and Chaconne/Passacaille
d) Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)
A »Prob-Stück« to be chosen from these: Nr. 3, 5, 11, 14, 17, 24
from: Große General-Bass-Schule, Ober-Classe = part III (1731)
e) Domenico Scarlatti
A pair of sonatas to be chosen from these: K. 113/114, K. 215/216, K. 246/247, K. 394/395, K. 460/461
f) Johann Sebastian Bach
A Prelude and Fugue to be chosen from these: BWV 853, 864, 873, 879, 880
from: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier

Finals

a) solo
Johann Sebastian Bach
A Partita, BWV 825, 826, 827, 829 and Fantasia and Fugue A minor, BWV 904
or
A Partita, BWV 828, 830
b) with orchestra
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
Concerto D major, Fk 41 (BR-WFB C 9)
or
Concerto G minor, BR-WFB C 17
or
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Concerto F major, Hob. XVIII: 3
or
Concerto G major, Hob. XVIII: 4

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