Audition - Curtis Institute

Keyboard Audition Information

Piano (BM)

Applicants will play from memory:

- A complete work of J. S. Bach

• - One of the sonatas listed below (complete and by memory):
• - Any Mozart sonata (except K. 545)
• - Any Beethoven sonata (except Op. 49)
• - Any of these five Haydn sonatas:
1. - A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46, L. 31
2. - C minor, Hob. XVI:20, L. 33
3. - E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49, L. 59
4. - C-major, Hob. XVI:50, L. 60
5. - E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52, L. 62
• - One slow and one fast selection from the works of Chopin for solo piano (no works of Chopin for piano and orchestra will be        acceptable)
• - A complete major work (minimum 10-12 minutes in length) of the applicant's choice

- No substitutions for the above repertoire will be allowed.

Organ (BM)

Applicants will play from memory:

- A prelude and fugue by J. S. Bach

• - An allegro movement from a Bach trio sonata or comparable chorale-prelude
• - Two movements from the romantic or contemporary literature, one of which should be a slow movement

- Organ applicants will also be asked to sight-read. A modern composition will be sent to each auditionee one month prior to auditions and will be

  performed (optional: from memory) at the audition.

- The organ in Field Concert Hall is an Aeolian-Skinner, 5 manuals, 116 ranks. See detailed specification

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