Preselection recording : INTERPRETATION & IMPROVISATION
Maurice Duruflé :
Scherzo op. 2
or
Toccata, Suite op. 5
or
Jehan Alain :
Scherzo, extrait de la Suite
or
2e Fantaisie
and
Jean-Sébastien Bach : 1st movement from one of the six Sonates en trio
and, for the improvisation contestants, a free improvisation (circa 5')
INTERPRETATION COMPETITION - First round
Conservatoire national de région de Paris
Jean-Sébastien Bach : 1st and 2nd or 2nd and 3rd movements of one of the six Trio Sonata
and
Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly : Fantaisie et Fugue in B flat major, extract from the 12 pieces op. 18
or
Camille Saint Saëns : Prélude et fugue n°2 in B major, op. 99
or
Eugène Gigout : Scherzo in E major, extract from ten pieces
INTERPRETATION COMPETITION - Second round
Eglise Saint-Louis en L’Isle
Nicolaus Bruhns : Præludium in E minor (The great)
or
Dietrich Buxtehude : Praeludium Bux WV 146 in F sharp minor
and
Felix Mendelssohn : one of the three Préludes et fugues (op. 37)
Eglise Saint-François-Xavier
Maurice Duruflé or Jehan Alain : work chosen for the preselection recording.
and
Louis Vierne : One movement in symphonies 2 or 3
or
Charles-Marie Widor : One movement in symphonies 9 or 10
or
Marcel Dupré : One of the Trois Préludes et Fugues opus 7
Basilique Sainte-Clotilde
Thierry Escaich : Piece for organ and percussion instruments (maximum 10’) composed for the Competition.
The score of Thierry Escaich’s new piece will be sent to contestants one month and a half before the Competition starts. It is strictly forbidden to play this piece publicly before this Competition round starts.
and
Jean Langlais : méditation et acclamations de la suite médiévale
Salabert
INTERPRETATION COMPETITION - Final round
Eglise Saint-Roch
Louis-Claude Daquin : Noël en duo sur les jeux d’anches sans tremblant
or
Claude Balbastre : Noël « Joseph est bien marié » (1st book)
and
François Couperin : one of the two Offertoire sur les grands jeux
or
Nicolas de Grigny : Offertoire sur les grands jeux de la messe
Eglise de la Trinité
Olivier Messiaen : Two or three pieces from a same work.
maximum duration: 20’
Basilique Sainte-Clotilde
Richard Dubugnon : Arcanes concertants (without cadenza) Concerto pour orgue, orchestre et percussion, op.38
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and
César Franck : one of the three chorals
IMPROVISATION COMPETITION - First round
Basilique Sainte-Clotilde
Thierry Escaich : Piece for organ and percussion instruments (maximum 10’) (composed for the Competition).
The score of Thierry Escaich’s new piece will be sent to contestants one month and a half before the Competition starts. It is strictly forbidden to play this piece publicly before this Competition round starts.
and
Jean Langlais : méditation et acclamations de la suite médiévale
Salabert
Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont
Improvisation of a « Suite française » (free language) on a Gregorian thema
or
Improvisation of a choral variation: harmonized theme and five variations on a given choral
IMPROVISATION COMPETITION - Final round
Basilique Sainte-Clotilde
Improvisation on a literary or music text given before the round.
and
Richard Dubugnon : Arcanes concertants Concerto pour orgue, orchestre et percussion (movements 2, 3 and 4) with improvised cadenza
Leduc - Download
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