a) Joseph Haydn (attributed)
Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob.VII/d:4, 1st movement with cadenza
Edition Breitkopf (EB3032)

b) Vitaly Bujanovsky
España, from: Four Improvisations for Horn solo       
McCoy Horn Library (Cimarron Music Press) (MHL0104)

The competition organization reserves the right to suspend the preselection depending on the number of applications.

a) One of the following compositions:
Eugene Bozza
En Forêt
Alphonse Leduc (AL30988)

or

Jean Francaix    
Divertimento
Editions Transatlantiques

or

Paul Dukas
Villanelle
G. Henle Verlag (HN1170)
Candidates are free to implement the instructions ‘sans les pistons’.

The selected work from group a) must be performed from memory.

b) One of the following compositions:
Olivier Messiaen
Appel interstellaire, from: Des Canyons Aux Étoiles
Alphonse Leduc (AL25314)

or

Andrés Valero Castells
Les Trois Roses du Cimetière de Zaro
Arpeges-Diffusion - IMD

or

Vincent Persichetti
Parable op. 120 for horn solo
Theodore Presser Comp.

a) One of the following compositions:
Paul Hindemith
Sonata for horn in F and piano (1939)
Schott Music (ED3642)               

or

Jane Vignery
Sonata op. 7 for horn and piano
Édition ANDEL Uitgave (ADL00695)

or

York Bowen
Sonata in E flat major op. 101 for horn and piano
Emerson Edition Ltd (E165)

b) One of the following compositions:
Camille Saint-Saëns
Romance op. 67
G. Henle Verlag (HN 1167)

or

Richard Strauss
Andante in C major op.
G. Henle Verlag (HN 1332)

c) One of the following compositions:
Esa Pekka Salonen
Concert Etude
Chester Music, London               

or

Heinz Holliger
Cynddaredd - Brenddwyd / Fury - Dream for horn solo
Schott Music (Cor16)

or

Jörg Widmann
Air for horn solo (2005)
Schott Music (Cor17)

or

Jukka Harju
Dabbal for horn solo
Koebl Edition

a) One of the following compositions:
Gordon Jacob
Concerto for horn
Galaxy Music

or

Jiří Pauer
Concerto for horn and orchestra
Edition Bärenreiter Praha

or

Othmar Schoeck
Concerto op. 65 for horn and string orchestra
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers (BH10803)

or

Johann Christoph Schuncke
Concertino pour le Cor chromatique
Musikverlag Hofmeister (FH3344)

b) One of the following compositions:
Jean-Michel Defaye
Alpha for horn and piano
Alphonse Leduc (AL26129)

or

Alfred Désenclos
Cantilene et Divertissements for horn and piano
Alphonse Leduc (AL20787)

c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in E flat major KV 417                    

The concert from group c) must be performed from memory.

Richard Strauss
Concerto No. 1 in E flat major op. 11
G. Henle Verlag (HN1253)      

A total of eleven works, including audio preselection, will be performed.

The selected program and the specified editions are binding. Subsequent changes will not be accepted.

It is up to the candidate to personally determine the order of his/her presentations within a selection test. If the required program is not fulfilled or the presentation is aborted, this will result in disqualification.

Please note that, for legal reasons (copyright law), photocopied music may only be used at the participant's own risk. All compositions contained in this program can be obtained from music dealers. In principle, the International Instrumental Competition does not provide any performance materials.