PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE REPERTOIRE –
please see below (under ‘Day 2’) for more details.
Preliminary round
Candidates make audio recordings of the three works listed below and submit these by means of registration online.
Matthias Weckmann
– Fantasia in d
Johann Sebastian Bach
– Trio in G major
(2nd movement BWV 1039/1027, adapted to organ in the 18th century)
Via this link or A-R Editions: ‚Keyboard Transcriptions of the Bach Circle‘. The deletion of six bars at the end might be respected or be completed by the candidates themselves.
Franz Tunder
– Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
Day 1: Nieuwe Kerk
Round 1 takes place on two consecutive days. Contestants will play on two organs, the Timpe organ in the Nieuwe Kerk and the Martini organ in the Martinikerk.
Day 1: Nieuwe Kerk
Gerard Bunk
Choice between these two works from ’8 Charakterstücke’, op.54:
– Melodie
– Scherzando
Josef Rheinberger
Choice of three works from the following nine:
Charakterstücke op. 156:
– No. 1 Praeludium
– No. 3 Canzonetta
– No. 6 Duett
– No. 11 Passacaglia
Miscellaneen op. 174:
– No. 1 Romanze
– No. 2 Scherzoso
– No. 3 Aufschwung
– No. 5 Agitato
– No. 6 Improvisatio
Robert Schumann
Choice of one of the following ’Studien in kanonischer Form’, op.56:
– Nr. 2 in A minor
– Nr. 4 in A-flat major
– Nr. 6 in B minor
Day 2: Martinikerk
Day 2: Martinikerk
PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS DAY’S REPERTOIRE!
Christian Ritter:
– Sonatine in D
Dietrich Buxtehude:
– Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ BuxWV188 (NOT 191!)
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Choice between:
– Prelude and fugue in C major BWV 545 + (in between) Largo from Sonate V BWV 529
– Prelude and fugue in G major BWV 541 + (in between) Lente (without repeats) from Sonate VI BWV 530
Semi-finals
During the semi-finals contestants will play on the Edskes-organ in the Lutherse Kerk.
Dieterich Buxtehude
Choice between:
– Praeludium in G BuxWV 162
– Praeludium in g BuxWV 163
Johann Nicolaus Hanff
One of these three chorale arrangements:
– Ein feste Burg
– Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
– Auf meinen lieben Gott
Henry Purcell
– Voluntary for double organ
Choice between these two Organ Concertos:
John Stanley
Concerto in C minor for organ, 2 violins and bass, op.10, nr.4
To be found with this link: https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Concertos,_Op.10_(Stanley,_John)
Joseph Haydn:
Concerto in F major for organ, 2 violins and bass, Hob. XVIII:7
(on request the score can be sent)
Finals, Martinikerk
Heinrich Scheidemann
Choice of one of three intavolations:
– Benedicam Domino (Lassus)
– Dic nobis Maria (Hassler)
– Verbum caro factum est (Hassler)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Choice between:
– Toccata, adagio and fugue in C major BW 564
– Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542
Johannes Brahms
From ‘Choralvorspiele’, op.posth.122:
– No. 1 Mein Jesu, der du mich
– No. 10 Herzlich tut mich verlangen (6/4)