compositions for the competition – trumpet



1st category

1. round - obligatory composition:

  • Jean Baptiste Arban - Complete Method – Characteristic Study 2 (minimum speed must be quater note = 80 BPM)
    (download score here)

2. round - obligatory composition:

  • Jan Křtitel Jiří Neruda - Concerto in E flat major (1st movement with cadenza, must be played on B flat trumpet)

optional compositions (one composition for each round):

  • Joseph Guy Ropartz - Andante et Allegro
  • Thorvald Hansen - Sonate op.18
  • Petr Eben - Fantasia Vespertina
  • Guillame Balay - Petit Piéce Concertante
  • Lars-Erik Larsson - Concertino for Trumpet
  • Jan Hanuš - Impromptus

2nd category

1. round - obligatory composition:

2. round - obligatory composition:

  • Joseph Haydn - Concerto in E flat major (1st movement with cadenza - must be played on B flat trumpet)

optional compositions (one composition for each round):

  • Théo Charlier - Solo de Concours
  • Pavel Josef Vejvanovský - Sonate A4 in G minor (must be played on B flat trumpet)
  • Eugene Bozza - Rustiques
  • Jean Hubeau - Sonata
  • Alexandre Arutiunian - Concerto
  • Georg Friedrich Händel - Aria con Variazioni

3rd category

1. round - obligatory composition:

  • Theo Charlier - 36 Etudes Transcendantes, Etude No. 8

2. round - obligatory composition:

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Concerto in E flat major (1st movement)

optional compositions (one composition for each round):

  • Bohuslav Martinů - Sonatina
  • Oskar Böhme - Concerto in F minor
  • Karl Pilss - Sonata
  • Siegfried Kurz - Concerto
  • Jiří Pauer - Trompetina
  • Paul Hindemith - Sonate

4th category

1. round - obligatory composition:

  • Allen Vizzutti - Cascades

2. round - obligatory composition:

  • Artur Honneger - Intrada

optional compositions (one composition for each round):

  • Marcel Bitsch - Quatre Variations sur un théme de Domenico Scarlatti
  • Henri Tomasi - Concerto
  • Willy Brandt - Konzertstück f moll
  • Zdeněk Křížek - Concerto
  • Leopold Mozart - Concerto in D major
  • Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto in D major
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