In all rounds, candidates are free to perform the chosen works in an order of their own choice.
Preliminary round
Candidates make audio recordings of the four works listed below and submit these by means of registration online.
Johannes Speth
From ‘Ars magna consoni et dissoni’:
Toccata I in d
Johann Sebastian Bach
From ‘Schübler Choräle’:
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV 647
Fantasia in g minor BWV 542
Johann Gottfried Müthel
Fantasia in F major (Ed.Helbling)
Round 1| Day 1
Round 1
Round 1 takes place on two consecutive days. Participants will play on the first day on the Bader/Waelckens /Hinsz (1744)/van Vulpen/Reil-organ in Appingedam and the next day on the two organs in the Martinikerk.
Day 1, Appingedam
Choice between:
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
– Variations Onder een linde groen/Unter der Linden grune SwWV 325
or
– Variations Ick voer al over Rhyn/Ich fuhr mich uber Rheine SwWV 322
or
Samuel Scheidt
– Variations Weh windgen weh SSWV 108
Dieterich Buxtehude
– Praeludium in a BuxWV 158
Petrus Heydorn *
– Fuga ex d (Fuga. Thema Reinkianum à Domino Heydornio elaboratum) Sheet music
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (BWV Anh.745)
– Aus der Tiefe ruf ich
Round 1| Day 2
Day 2, Martinikerk
Le Picard choir organ:
Choice between:
Louis Couperin – 2 ‘Fantaisies‘:
– Nr.1 Duretez Fantaisie or Nr.46 Prélude (‘d’un Mouvement fort lent’)
and
– Nr.47 Fantaisie or Nr.59 Fantaisie
Abraham Van den Kerckhoven
– Versetten Primi toni 1, 3 and 6 ( ‘Volspel/Met trompet/Cornet’)
(ECHO-Collection Ut Orpheus Edizioni or ‘Vereeniging voor Muziekgeschiedenis, Antwerpen 1933’ via IMSLP)
Main organ:
Johann Sebastian Bach
– Praeludium et Fuga in g minor BWV 535
or
– Praeludium et Fuga in a minor BWV 551
Johann Sebastian Bach
From ’18 Choräle’ choice between:
– Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654
or
– Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662
or
– Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 663
Round 2 - Semi-finals, Akerk
Semi-finals, Akerk
During the semi-finals the participants will play on the Schnitger-organ in the Akerk.
Vincent Lübeck
Praeludium in E major
Robert Schumann
Choice between:
– Fugue No.2
or
– Fugue No.4, from ‘6 Fugen über den Namen Bach für Orgel oder Pedalflügel, op.60’
Manfred Kluge *
– Herzliebster Jesu (from ‘9 Choralvorspiele, Ed.Bärenreiter) Sheet music
Hans-Ulrich Funk *
– Wir danken dir Sheet music
Johannes Brahms
– Praeludium & fuga in g minor (WoO 10)
PDF‘s of the compositions with * might be obtained via the contact form of www.imocg.nl
Finals - Martinikerk.
Finals, Martinikerk
The finalists are asked to play on the main organ three organ solo works and one composition of their choice, together with three period string instruments: two violins and a violone.
With strings:
Johann Christian Bach
– Concerto in B flat major, Op. XIII, No.4 (Allegro) W. C65 (Carus Verlag)
or
Wolfgang Amadée Mozart
– Church Sonata in C major KV 336
Heinrich Scheidemann
Choice between:
– Organ intabulation based on Motetto Verbum caro factum est by Hans Leo Hassler WV 56
or
– Organ intabulation based on Motetto Dic nobis Maria by Giovanni Bassano WV 51
Johann Sebastian Bach
– Praeludium et fuga in G major BWV 550
or
– Praeludium et fuga in G major BWV 541
Anthon van der Horst
– Variazioni Christ lag in Todesbanden (Donemus Publishing)
