The Tchaikovsky Competition

 Dear Flutelovers,

Well how thrilling! The famous Tchaikovsky Competition is on again from June 21-30th. The Russian contestants abound and the repertoire list looks interesting. The performances culminate with the final mvmt. of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto arranged for flute by Denis Bouriakov as well as CPE Bach Concerti both played with orchestra. Yay!

This is only the second time the contest has included woodwinds and it is only held every four years, so I'll look forward to hearing fine players as well as flute, as their artistry and the instrumental timbres are so invigorating.

Online Streaming information will appear on their website under "News". 

And I'll put streaming info here too as it comes up.

See a list of the contestants here and the repertoire list for the fluteplayers is below. Enjoy imagining what YOU would have prepared for each round.

And as a featured arranger, here's Denis Bouriakov performing his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto (video). Thrill ride!! :>D

3rd mvmt 

(1st mvmt. 2nd mvmt videos).

Thanks to Dianne Winsor for keeping us all up to date on what's happening with International flute competitions. :>)

Best, Jen

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Repertoire:

Round I:

Solo program, consisting of the following pieces

J.S. Bach. Partita in a minor for solo flute

V. Tsybin. Concert Allegro No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 for flute and piano.

(this used to read: Mozart Concerto in G for some reason and has now been corrected on the official website.)

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Round II:

Solo program, consisting of the following pieces:

Р. Tchaikovsky. Serenade Mélancolique, op. 26 (arr. in F minor by D. Bouriakov, or any other arrangement, including candidate’s own. In case of candidates own arrangement, must provide a matching piano part)     

One of the following pieces:

- E. Denisov. Sonata for flute and piano

- Y. Nagovitsyn. Sonata for flute and piano

- S. Prokofiev. Sonata for solo flute, op. 115 (originally for violin solo) - any arrangement (for example, -G. L. Petrucci), including one of the candidate’s own

- Y. Kornakov. Sonata no. 1 or sonata no. 2 for flute and piano and

One of the following pieces:

- N. Paganini. La Campanella (arr. by D. Bouriakov, J. Balint or any other arrangement, including candidate’s own)

- C. Saint-Saens. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (arr. by D. Bouriakov, or any other arrangement, including candidate’s own)

- T. Boehm. Grande Polonaise and

One of the following pieces:

- L. Berio. Sequenza I, for solo flute

- E. Carte. Scrivo in Vento

- T. Ichiyanagi. “In a Living Memory” for solo flute

- T. Takemitsu. Voice

- I. Yun. Etude no 5 for solo flute.

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Round III: Performance with orchestra. Program consisting of these pieces (to be performed by memory):

One of the following concertos:

- C.P.E. Bach: Concerto for flute and orchestra in A major, Wq. 168 (H.438)

- C.P.E. Bach: Concerto for flute and orchestra in A minor, Wq. 166 (H.430)

- C.P.E. Bach: Concerto for flute and orchestra in D minor, Wq. 22 (H.425)

- C.P.E. Bach: Concerto for flute and orchestra in G major, Wq. 169 (H.445).

and

P. Tchaikovsky - L. Auer. Lensky's aria from the opera Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrey Rubtsov).

and

P. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, arranged for flute in F major by D. Bouriakov III mov. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo.

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Example:

Lensky's Aria (video) (Bouriakov arr. re: not the Rubtsov)