Application Form Petr Eben International Organ Competition, Opava (26 October - 31 October 2026)

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 1989, P. O. 1009)
  2. Petr Eben: Fantasia II Saint Wenceslas (ed. Panton, Praha 1974, P1459; ed. Pro Organo, Prague 1989, P. O. 1009)
  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. Julian Gembalski: Hommage à Petr Eben (ed. Ślḁska muzyka organowa 1, Akademia Muzyczna im. K. Szymanowskiego, Katowice 2025)

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

Time limit: max. 35 minutes

• Jan Křtitel Vaňhal: Selection of one fugue from the cykle of 12 fugues for organ
  (ed. ArTThon, Opava 1996; Wei XVI: 3-4 Faksimile - ed. Ignaz Sauer, Wien 1801, 1802)
  1. Fuga I in C (Moderato)
  2. Fuga II in F (Allegro)
  3. Fuga III in D (Allegro moderato)
  4. Fuga IV in d (Moderato)
  5. Fuga V in Es (Moderato)
  6. Fuga VI in C (Moderato)
  7. Fuga VII in F (Moderato)
  8. Fuga VIII in C (Moderato)
  9. Fuga IX in c (Moderato)
  10. Fuga X in C (Allegro moderato)
  11. Fuga XI in Es (Allegro moderato)
  12. Fuga XII in B (Moderato)
• One composition by the following composers
  
  Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer:
  1. Passacaglia in d (Suita Uranie – Musicalischer Parnassus)
  2. Chaconne in F (Suita Euterpé – Musicalischer Parnassus)
  
  or
  
  Johann Pachelbel:
  1. Chaconne in d minor, P. 41
  2. Chaconne in f minor, P. 43
  3. Hexachordum Apollinis: Aria Tertia in F major, P.195
  4. Hexachordum Apollinis: Aria Sexta (Sebaldina) in f minor, P.198
• 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

• Petr Eben: Any organ composition, cycle or a part of cycle (minimum duration of 10 minutes; the candidates are not allowed to perform a composition they have already presented in the 1st Round and they cannot combine compositions from two or more different cycles).
• Representative program from the work of the following authors of the candidate's choice
  (it is possible to combine authors, play one or more compositions, cycle or even movements from cycle) Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Max Reger, Julius Reubke, Charles-Marie Widor, Léon Boëllmann, Alexandre Guilmant, Josef Klička, František Musil, Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann, Louis Vierne, Maurice Duruflé, Marcel Dupré, Gaston Litaize, Flor Peeters.