13^th “Gheorghe Dima” International Music Competition
7-11 february 2011, Cluj-Napoca, Romania


Clarinet programme


First round

1. C. M. Weber – Concertino for clarinet and orchestra op.26

2. One of the following Romanian solo works of candidate’s choice:
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D. Acker – Tiranden                    (Breitkopf & Härtel Edition)
V. Dinescu – Satya IV
C. Misievici – Sinus
V.Munteanu – Invocazioni
M. Negrea – Martie
S. Nichifor – Carnyx
T. Olah – Sonata solo
D. Rotaru – Fum
V. Timaru – Meditaţii
C. Ţăranu – Improvizaţia             (Alphonse Leduc Edition)


Semi – final

3. On of the following solo works of candidate’s choice:

L. Berio - Sequenza IX
J. Cage – Sonata
E. Denisov – Sonata
L. Cahuzac – Arlequin
F. Donatoni – Clair - Due pezzi per clarinetto (one part at choise)
G. Jacob – Five Pieces
A. Jolivét – Ascèses (Part 1, 3, 5)
B. Kovács – Hommage á R. Strauss 
O. Messiaen – Abîme des oiseaux
M. Mihalovici – Recit
K. Penderecky – Prelude
G. Scelsi – Preghiera per un ombra
K. Stockhausen – In Freundschaft
J. Stravinsky – Three Pieces

4. One of the following works of virtuosity of candidate’s choice:

K. Baermann – Fantasy on a theme by Bellini
L. Bassi – Fantesia di concerto sopra motivi del Rigoletto
E. Bozza – Bucolique
L. Cahuzac – Variations sur un air du pays d’Oc
E. Chausson – Andante et Allegro
J. Françaix – Theme and variations
A. Marquez – Zarabandeo (L.H.Ramos)
G. Rossini – Introduktion Thema und Variationen
C.M.Widor – Introduction et  Rondo op. 72
C. Debussy – Première Rhapsodie 

5. One of the following sonatas of candidate’s choice:

F. Poulenc – Clarinet Sonata
J. Brahms – Clarinet Sonatas  1 & 2 (op.120)
C. Reinecke – Sonata “Undine” (op. 167 b)
M. Reger – Sonatas  1, 2 &  3 (op.49, 107)
C. Saint-Saëns – Sonata (op.167)
R. Schumann – Phantasiestücke (op. 73)
Ch. Stanford – Sonata (op. 129)


The Final

6. W. A. Mozart – Clarinet Concerto KV. 622

Note : In the final, the candidates will be accompanied by "Transilvania" Symphonic Orchestra from Cluj Napoca