Programme 2018

Preliminary Round

One work from the list chosen by a candidate:

  • Beethoven — Leonore No. 3, Overture, Op. 72a
  • Beethoven — Coriolan, Overture, Op. 62
  • Beethoven — Egmont, Overture, Op. 84
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Semi-finals

One work from each section chosen by a candidate:

(a) Violin & Orchestra (excerpts)

  • Sibelius — Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (1st movement)
  • Bartók — Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 36 (1st movement)
    • Soloist: Marc Bouchkov, violin

       

(b) Orchestral

  • Schumann — Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 (2nd movement)
  • Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique” (1st movement)


Finals

  1. Evgeny Svetlanov — Daugava, symphonic poem
  2. Contemporary work — Olga Viktorova: The Planet Svetlanov, co-commission by Radio France and the Svetlanov Competition (world premiere)
  3. One of the three works pre-selected by the candidate in the application:
    • Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 (chosen by Wilson Ng)
    • Bartók — Concerto for Orchestra (chosen by Fuad Ibrahimov)
    • Franck — Symphony in D minor (chosen by Dmitry Filatov)
    • Dvořák — Symphony No. 8 (chosen by Haoran Li)