Application Form Petr Eben International Organ Competition, Opava (24 October - 2 November 2024)

1st Round – Petr Bezruč Library in Opava

• Johann Sebastian Bach – one of the following parts,
  first or third movement of from 6 Trio-sonatas:
  1. BWV 525 I.
  2. BWV 525 III.
  3. BWV 526 I.
  4. BWV 526 III.
  5. BWV 527 I.
  6. BWV 527 III.
  7. BWV 528 I.
  8. BWV 528 III.
  9. BWV 529 I.
  10. BWV 529 III.
  11. BWV 530 I.
  12. BWV 530 III.
• One of the following compositions:
  1. Petr Eben: Fantasia I Oh, God is great(ed. Panton, Praha 1974, P1459; ed. Pro Organo, Prague)
  2. Petr Eben: Fantasia II Saint Wenceslas (ed. Panton, Praha 1974, P1459; ed. Pro Organo, Prague)
  3. Petr Eben: A festive Voluntary, Variations on Good King Wenceslas (ed. United Music Publishers Ltd, London 1987 EC2A 3BN)
  4. Petr Eben: Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude, Toccata Fugue for Organ (ed. Shott, Mainz 1987, 7543)
  5. Miloš Sokola: Introduzione e Fuga sul Tema B-A-C-H (ed. Panton, Prague 1986, P2440; Panton, Prague 1974, NCPO 4, P1459)
  6. Lukáš Hurník: Wenceslas‘ Duel I – from the Triptych for Organ cycle (ed. Czech Radio, Prague 2022, R491)

2nd Round – Church of St. John the Baptist in Hlučín

Time limit: max. 35 minutes

• One of the following fugues:
  
  Karel Blažej Kopřiva: Organ works
  1. Fuga a moll (č. 2)
  2. Fuga d moll supra cognomen DEBEFE (č. 3)
  3. Fuga Es dur (č. 9)
  4. Fuga C dur (č. 11)
  (obligatory ed. ArTThon, Opava 1999, Fugas numbering by edition)
  
  or
  
  Josef Lipavský: Organ works
  Six fugues for organ or pianoforte
  1. Fuga I D dur
  2. Fuga II d moll
  3. Fuga III A dur
  4. Fuga IV a moll (Thema del Sigre Zach)
  5. Fuga V C dur
  6. Fuga VI c moll
  (obligatory ed. ArTThon, Opava 2018)
• One of the following compositions
  
  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
  1. Poolsche dans Almande Soll es sein, SwWV 330
  2. Mein junges Leben hat ein End´, SwWV 324
  3. Onder een linde groen, SwWV 325
  4. Ick voer al over Rhijn, SwWV 322
  (recommended ed. Opera omnia, Vol. I, Fasc. 3, Amsterdam 1974, Frits Noske; ed. Sämtliche Werke für Tasteninstrumente, Vol. IV, Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 2004, Pieter Dirksen; ed. Sämtliche Orgelund Clavierwerke, Vol. IV/1, Bärenreiter 2003, Siegbert Rampe)
  
  or
  
  Samuel Scheidt:
  Tabulatura nova I
  1. Niederländisch Liedchen, Cantio Belgica Weh windgen weh, SSWV 108
  2. Niederländisch Liedchen, Cantio Belgica Ach, du feiner Reiter, SSWV 111
  Tabulatura nova II
  1. Allemande Also gehts, also stehts, SSWV 137
  2. Cantilena Anglica Fortunæ, SSWV 134
  (recommended ed. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1994, 1998, 2002 / Harald Vogel; ed. Schott 2021,2022 / Klaus Beckmann; ed. VEB Deutscher Verlag Leipzig 1989 / Christhard Mahrenholz)
• One of the following compositions by J. S. Bach:
  1. Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
  2. Preludium a fuga f moll, BWV 534
  3. Preludium a fuga g moll, BWV 535
  4. Toccata a fuga in d, BWV 538
  5. Preludium a fuga G dur, BWV 541
  6. Preludium a fuga a moll, BWV 543
  7. Preludium a fuga c moll, BWV 546
  8. Preludium a fuga C dur, BWV 547
  9. Toccata, adagio a fuga C dur, BWV 564
  10. Toccata a fuga C dur, BWV 566a
  11. Concerto G dur, BWV 592
  12. Concerto d moll, BWV 596

3rd Round – Church of St. Vojtěch in Opava

Time limit: min. 35 minutes, max. 50 minutes

• One composition, cycle or parts of a cycle by Petr Eben (minimal duration 10 minutes, candidates are not allowed to present a composition they have already played in the competition)
• One composition, cycle or a part of cycle not performed in the previous round by
  Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Max Reger, Julius Reubke, Charles-Marie Widor, Léon Boëllmann, Alexandre Guilmant, Josef Klička, František Musil, Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann, Maurice Duruflé, Marcel Dupré, Gaston Litaize, Flor Peeters