Previous Competitions - 1978

6th Competition, 6-16 September 1978



Prize Winners:
First Prize - Michel Dalberto (France)
Second Prize - Diana Kacso (Brazil)
Third Prize - Lydia Artymiw (USA)
Fourth Prize - Ian Hobson (Great Britain)
Fifth Prize - Kathryn Stott (Great Britain)
Sixth Prize - Etsuko Terada (Japan)

Jury:
Chairman: The Rt. Hon. Lord Boyle of Handsworth
Tito Aprea
Artur Balsam
Dmitri Bashkirov
Claude Frank
Hans Graf
Lajos Hernádi
Akiko Iguchi
Louis Kentner
André - François Marescotti
Michael Roll
Phyllis Sellick
Hugo Steurer
Arie Vardi

Repertoire:
First Stage - Competitors must choose one work from Group 1, one from Group 2 and two from Group 3:
Group 1 Bach Preludeand Fugue in C sharp min (Bk. 1)
Toccataand Fugue in C min
Beethoven Sonatain A, Op. 2 No. 2
Sonatain D, Op. 10 No. 3
Sonatain D, Op. 28
Sonatain G, Op. 31 No. 1
6Variations in F, Op. 34
Clementi Sonatain F sharp min, Op. 26 No. 2
Haydn Sonatain E flat Hob. XVI No. 52
Sonatain C min, Hob. XVI No. 20
Mozart Sonatain F, K. 332
Sonatain A min, K. 310
Group 2 Chopin Andantespinato and Grande Polonaise
Brilliante,Op. 22
Barcarollein F sharp, Op. 60
Polonaise-fantasiein A flat, Op. 61
Debussy Suite‘Pour le piano’
Granados LosRequiebros (Goyescas, No. 1)
Liszt Aprèsune lecture de Dante (Anneés de pèlerinage,Bk. 2)
LaVallée d’Obermann (Anneés de pèlerinage, Bk.1)
Mendelssohn Fantasyin F sharp min, Op. 28
Schubert Impromptuin f min, Op. 142 No. 1
Schumann ‘Abegg’Variations, Op. 1
Group 3 Chopin Studies,Op. 10: No. 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11 or 12
Studies,Op. 25: No. 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 or 12
Debussy Levent dans la plaine
Cequ’a le vent d’Ouest (Préludes, Bk. 1)
Feuxd’artifice (Préludes, Bk. 2)
Rachmaninoff Préludes,Op. 23: No. 2, 5, 7 or 9

Second Stage - Competitors must choose one work from both groups:
Group 1 Beethoven ‘Eroica’Variations, Op. 35
Sonatain A, Op. 101
Sonatain E, Op. 109
Sonatain A flat, Op. 110
Brahms SonataNo. 3 in F min, Op. 5
‘Paganini’Variations, Op. 35
Chopin Sonatain B min, Op. 58
Mussorgsky Picturesat an Exhibition
Ravel Gaspardde la nuit
Schubert Sonatain D
Sonatain B
Schumann Kreisleriana,Op. 16
Faschingsscwankaus Wien, Op. 26
Group 2 Bartók Improvisationson Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op.20
Berg Sonata,Op. 1
Bloch Sonata
Boulez SonataNo. 1
Copland Variations(1930)
Falla FantasiaBaetica
Ginastera Sonata
Kodály Dancesof Marosszek
Messaien Regardde l’esprit de joie (Vingt regards sur l’enfantJésus)
Fantasieburlesque
Prokofiev Sarcasms,Op. 17
Schoenberg Suite,Op. 25
Stravinsky Sonata(1924)
Tippett SonataNo. 2

Semi-Final - A recital to include Night Piece (‘Notturno’) by Benjamin Britten. The remainder of the programme is left to the competitor’s choice, except that they must not repeat any piece they have previously played in theCompetition. Competitors must choose one of the following chamber works to be performed with the Gabrieli String Quartet:
Brahms PianoQuintet in F min, Op. 34
Dvořák PianoQuintet in A, Op. 81
Mozart PianoQuartet in G min, K. 478
Schumann PianoQuintet in E flat, Op. 44
Shostakovich PianoQuintet in G min, Op. 57

Final Stage - Each of the 6 finalists will play one of the following concertos with the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar Bach Dmin, BWV 1052
Bartók No.3, Sz. 119
Beethoven No.1 in C, Op. 15
No.5 in E flat, Op. 73
Brahms No.2 in D min, Op. 15
Chopin No.2 in F min, Op. 21
Grieg Amin, Op. 16
Liszt No.1 in E flat, S. 124
Mozart Dmin, K. 466
C,K. 467
Eflat, K. 482
C.K. 503
Schumann Amin, Op. 54
Tchaikovsky No.1 in B flat min, Op. 23