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YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION

CONCERTO REPERTOIRE

Louisville Orchestra “Young Artist Competition” Concerto Repertoire

Last Name, First Name > Composition

Selections not listed may be chosen, subject to approval prior to application deadline.

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FLUTE

Chaminade, Cecile > Concertino for Flute Op 107 D Major

Frederick II, The Great > Concerto for Flute No 4 D Major

Griffes, Charles > Poem for Flute and Orchestra

Leclair, Jean >  MarieConcerto for Flute (or Oboe) in C Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Flute No 1 K 313 G Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Flute No 2 K 314 D Major

Reinecke, Carl > Concerto for Flute in D Major

PICCOLO

Vivaldi, Antonio > Concerto for Piccolo No 11 Op44 C Major

 

OBOE

Handel, George F. > Concerto for Oboe No 2 B-flat Major

Handel, George F. > Concerto for Oboe No 3 G Minor

Marcello, Bendetto > Concerto for Oboe C Minor

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Oboe K 314 C Major (Mvts I and II)

Telemann, George > Concerto for Oboe A Major

Vivaldi, Antonio > Concerto for Oboe in F Major

CLARINET

Debussy, Claude > Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra (Premiere rapsodie)

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Clarinet K 622 A Major (Mvt I) (must be performed on A clarinet)

Weber, C.M.von > Concertino for Clarinet Op 26 E-flat Major (Performed in original complete form)

Weber, C.M.von > Concerto for Clarinet No 1 Op 73 F Minor (Mvt 1)

Weber, C.M.von > Concerto for Clarinet No 2 Op 74 E-flat Major

 

BASSOON

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Bassoon K 191 B-flat Major

Weber, C.M.von > Concerto for Bassoon Op 75 F Major

Weber, C.M. von > Andante e Rondo Ungarese, Rondo movement *added for student 2018

 

SAXOPHONE

Debussy, Claude > Rapsodie

Glazunov, Alexander > Saxophone Concerto, Op.109

 

HORN

Mozart, W.A. > Rondo for Horn and Orchestra K 371 E-flat Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Horn No 2 K 417 E-flat Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Horn No 3 K 447 E-flat Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Horn No 4 K 495 E-flat Major

Strauss, Richard > Concerto for Horn No 1 Op 11 E-flat Major

 

TRUMPET/CORNET

Haydn, Franz J. > Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major

Hummel, Johann > Concerto for Trumpet in E Major

Sachse, Ernst > Concertino in E-flat for E-flat Cornet solo

Verdi, Giuseppe > Concerto for Trumpet and Orch.

 

TROMBONE

David, Ferdinand > Trombone Concertino No. 4, Op. 4

Ewazen, Eric > "Rhapsody" for Bass Trombone and String Orchestra

Hartley, Walter > Concerto Breve for Bass Trombone

Lassen, Eduard > Two Fantasy Pieces

Rimsky Korsakov, Nikolai > Concerto for Trombone (with Orchestra arr Hortonor Military Band ed. McAlister)

TUBA

Vaughan, Williams Ralph > Tuba Concerto

 

HARP

Debussy, Claude > Danses sacree et profane

Handel, George F.  > Concerto for Harp No. 6, Op. 4 in B-flat Major

Ravel, Maurice > Introduction and Allegro for Harp and Orchestra

 

VIOLIN

Bach, J.S. > Concerto for Violin No 1 BWV 1041 A Minor (Grades 5-8 only)

Bach, J.S. > Concerto for Violin No 2 BWV 1042 E Major

Beethoven, Ludwig > Concerto for Violin Op 61 D Major

Brahms, Johannes > Concerto for Violin Op 77 D Major

Bruch, Max > Concerto for Violin No 1 Op 26 G Minor

Bruch, Max > Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra

Elgar, Edward > Concerto for Violin Op 61 B Minor

Glazunov, Alexander > Concerto for Violin Op 82 A Minor

Haydn, Franz J. > Concerto for Violin No 2 G Major

Kabalevsky, Dmitri > Concerto for Violin Op 48

Khachaturian, Aram > Concerto for Violin

Lalo, Edouard > Symphonie Espagnole Op 21

Mendelssohn, Felix > Concerto for Violin D Minor

Mendelssohn, Felix > Concerto for Violin Op 64 E Minor

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Violin No 2 K 211 D Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Violin No 3 K 216 G Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Violin No 4 K 218 D Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Violin No 5 K 219 A Major "Turkish"

Paganini, Niccolo > Concerto for Violin No 1 Op 6 D Major

Prokofiev, Serge > Concerto for Violin No 1 Op 19 D Major

Prokofiev, Serge > Concerto for Violin No 2 Op 63 G Minor

Saint-Saens, Camille > Concerto for Violin No 3 Op 61 B minor

Saint-Saens, Camille > Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra

Saint-Saens, Camille > Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso

Sarasate, Pablo de > Zigeunerweisen

Shostakovich, Dmitri > Concerto for Violin No 1 Op 99 A Minor

Sibelius, Jean > Concerto for Violin Op 47 D Minor

Tchaikovsky, Peter > Concerto for Violin Op 35 D Major

Vieuxtemps ,Henri > Concerto for Violin No 4 Op 31 D Minor

Vieuxtemps, Henri > Concerto for Violin No 5 Op 37 A Major

Vivaldi, Antonio > Concerto for Violin Op 3 No 6 A Minor (Grades 5-8 only)

Wieniawsk, iHenri > Concerto for Violin No 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op 14

Wieniawsk, iHenri > Concerto for Violin No 2 Op 22

Vivaldi, Antonio > Concerto inG Minor, op. 12, No. 1, Allegro

 

VIOLA

Handel, George F. > Concerto for Viola D Major (mvts I or III)

Hoffmeister, Franz > Concerto for Viola

Stamitz, Carl > Concerto for Viola in D Major, Op. 1

Weber, C.M.von > Andante e Rondo ongarese Op 79

 

CELLO

Bach, C.P.E. > Concerto for Cello, B-Flat Major, W 171

Boccherini, Luigi > Concerto for Cello G 482 B-flat Major

Dvorak, Antonin > Concerto for Cello Op 104 B Minor (Mvt 1)

Elgar, Edward > Concerto for Cello Op 85 E Minor

Haydn, Franz J. > Concerto for Cello C Major

Haydn, Franz J. > Concerto for Cello D Major

Kabalevsky, Dmitri > Concerto for Cello No 1 Op 49 G Major

Lalo, Edouard > Concerto for Cello D Minor (Mvt 1)

Popper, David > Hungarian Rhapsody for Cello Op 68

Saint-Saens, Camille > Concerto for Cello No 1 Op 33 A Minor

Schumann, Robert > Concerto for Cello Op 129 A minor

Shostakovich, Dmitri > Concerto for Cello No 1 Op 107 E-flat Major

Tchaikovsky, Peter > Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra Op 33

 

DOUBLE BASS

Bottesini, Giovanni > Concerto No 2 in A or B minor

Dittersdorf, Karl > Concerto in D

Vanhal, Johann > Concerto for Bass in D or C Major

 

PIANO

Bach, J.S. > Concerto for Piano in D minor

Beethoven, Ludwig > Concerto for Piano No 1 Op 15 C Major (Mvt 1) (Grades 5-12)

Beethoven, Ludwig > Concerto for Piano No 3, Op. 37 C Minor (Grades 9-12 Mvt 1)

Beethoven, Ludwig> Concerto for Piano No 4 Op 58 G Major

Beethoven, Ludwig > Concerto for Piano No 5, Op. 73 E-flat Major

Brahms, Johannes > Concerto for Piano No 1 Op 15 D Minor

Brahms, Johannes > Concerto for Piano No 2 Op 83 B-flat Major

Chopin, Fredrick > Concerto for Piano No 1 Op 11 E Minor

Chopin ,Fredrick > Concerto for Piano No 2 Op 21 F Minor

Grieg, Edvard > Concerto for Piano Op 16 A Minor (Grades 9-12)

Haydn, Franz J. > Concerto for Piano (Harpsichord) D Major (Grades 5-8)

Kabalevsky, Dmitri > Concerto for Piano No 3 Op 50 D Major "Youth" (Grades 5-8)

Khachaturian, Aram > Concerto for Piano

Liszt, Franz > Concerto for Piano No 1 E-flat Major (Grades 9-12)

Liszt, Franz > Concerto for Piano No 2 A Major

Macdowell, Edward > Concerto for Piano No 2 Op 23 D Minor

Mendelssohn, Felix > Concerto for Piano No 1 Op.25 G Minor (Grades 9-12 Mvt 1,2 or 3)

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 6 K 238 B-flat Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 9 K 271 E-flat Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 11 K 413 F Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 17 K 453 G Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 18 K 456 B-flat Major "Paradis"

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 19 K 459 F Major (Mvt1) (Grades 5-8)

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 20 K 466 D Minor

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 21 K 467 C Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 22 K 482 E-flat Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 23 K 488 A Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 24 K 491 C Minor

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 25 K 503 C Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 27 K 595 B-flat Major

Mozart, W.A. > Concerto for Piano No 28 K 382 D Major (Concerto-Rondo)

Prokofiev, Serge > Concerto for Piano No 1 Op 10 D-flat Major

Prokofiev, Serge > Concerto for Piano No 3 Op 26 C Major

Rachmaninoff, Sergei > Concerto for Piano No 1 Op 1 in F-sharp Minor (1919)

Rachmaninoff, Sergei > Concerto for Piano No 2 Op 18 C minor

Rachmaninoff, Sergei  >Concerto for Piano No 3 Op 30 D Minor

Saint-Saens, Camille > Concerto for Piano No 2 Op 22 G Minor (Grades 9-12 Mvt 2)

Saint-Saens, Camille > Concerto for Piano No 5 Op 103 F Major "Egyptian"

Schumann, Robert > Concerto for Piano Op 54 A Minor (Grades 9-12 Mvt 1)

Shostakovich, Dmitri > Concerto for Piano No 1 Op 35 C Minor

Tchaikovsky, Peter > Concerto for Piano No 1 Op 23 B-flat Minor

Tchakovsky, Peter > Concerto for Piano No 2 Op 44 G Major

Tchakovsky, Peter > Concerto for Piano No 3 Op 75 E-flat Major

 

KEYBOARD

Bach, J.S. > Concerto for Harpsichord No 1 BWV 1052 D Minor (Mvt 1) (Grades 9-12)

Bach, J.S. > Concerto for Harpsichord No 4 BWV 1055 A Major

Bach, J.S. > Concerto for Harpsichord No 5 BWV 1060 F Minor

Rheinberger, Josef > Concerto for Organ No 2 Op 177 G Minor

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