1St Round / Elimination

The first round will take place on Thursday, April 4^th 2013, in two parts. In the morning, each competitor will have a maximum of 10 minutes to rehearse the romantic music piece with a male choir (Category A).

In the afternoon each competitor will have a maximum of 10 minutes to rehearse an early music piece with a mixed choir (Category B).

After this round the international jury will select 12 competitors to continue in the 2^nd round.

It is taken for granted that the choir will have good level knowledge of the materials!

All pieces must be performed in original language!

Compulsory materials (all pieces will be chosen by drawing lots):

(A) Romantic Music / Male voice choir

COMPOSER	TITLE	PUBLISHER/RESOURCE
S.I. Taneev (1856-1915)	«Dead ships»
P.I. Tchaikovsky, by verse of A.S. Pushkin	«Why shushed glee voice…»
F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)	«Im Süden»	The Mendelssohn by publisher Breitkopf can be downloaded from here: http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e8/IMSLP52119-PMLP108083-Mendelssohn_Op_120.pdf
F. Schubert (1797-1828)	«Der Entfernten»	The Schubert from the Gesamtausgabe by Breitkopf & Härtel can be downloaded from here: http://javanese.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/2/2b/IMSLP73439-PMLP147291-FS232.pdf

(B) Early Music / Mixed Choir

COMPOSER	TITLE	PUBLISHER/RESOURCE
Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)	«O Care, thou wilt despatch me»
Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)	«Crucifixus»
H.Schütz (1585-1672)	«Pater noster»
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)	«Je l’aime bien»

2Nd Round / Semifinal

The second round will take place on Friday, April 5^th 2013, in two parts. In the morning, each competitor will have maximum of 15 minutes to rehearse as well as to perform the romantic piece with a male choir (Category A).

In the afternoon each competitor will have a maximum of 15 minutes to rehearse as well as to perform another romantic piece with a mixed choir (Category B).

After this round the international jury will select 6 competitors to continue in the 3^rd (final) round.

It is taken for granted that the choirs will have good level knowledge of the materials!

All pieces must be performed in original language!

Compulsory materials (all pieces will be chosen by drawing lots):

(A) Romantic Music / Female Choir

COMPOSER	TITLE	PUBLISHER/RESOURCE
D. Smirnov (1948)	«Come…»
Arvo Pärt (1935)	«Zwei Better»
Rodion Shchedrin (1932)	«Calm Ukraine night»
Yuri Falik (1936-2009)	«Drawling song»