(B) Romantic Music / Mixed Choir

COMPOSER	TITLE	PUBLISHER/RESOURCE
V. Kalinnikov (1866-1901)	«Svete tihij» (Gentle Light)
S. Rachmaninov (1873-1943)	«Thou Didst Rise from the Tomb» from «All-Night Vigil»
P. I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)	«Blajeny yaje izbral»
A. Schnittke (1934-1998)	«The Lord's Prayer»

3rd Round / Finals

The third round will take place on Saturday, April 6^th 2013 in the following way:

Competitors will be assigned 30 minutes rehearsal time in the morning to prepare for a concert performance of the drawn contemporary piece. The rehearsal SHALL NOT be observed by the international jury.

The actual third round will take place in the afternoon, in the form of a public concert.

Competitors will conduct two pieces each. One will be the obligatory piece (the same piece to be conducted by each finalist) and the other will be a drawn contemporary piece, both of them performed by a professional mixed choir.

All pieces must be performed in original language!

Contemporary Music / Mixed Choir

А) Obligatory Piece

COMPOSER	TITLE	PUBLISHER/RESOURCE
Yuri Falik (1936-2009)	«Bessy» (Devils) from concert «Pushkin’s strophes»

B) Compulsory materials to be drawn by lots

COMPOSER	TITLE	PUBLISHER/RESOURCE
G. Korchmar (р.1947)	«Praise for the music and singing» from parterre concert
S. Slonimsky (р.1932)	«Oh, my Northland» from cycle «Two north paysages»
Dmitry Smirnov (р.1948)	«My calm dream» from concert on verse O. Mandelstam «I was born in 1994, I was born in 1992…»
S. Ekimov (р.1974)	Psalm «Reche Gospod» (The Lord said)
A. Korolev (р.1949)	«We don’t drink wine»
S. Banevich (р.1941) by the verse of A. Akhmatova	«We will feast with you» from the concert «Petersburg’s litania»

Acquiring all other compulsory pieces is the responsibility of the competitor. A big part of scores is available at free sites on the Internet (see below). Please contact us if you have problems in finding the scores!

Planned Schedule of the 7th International Competition for Young Choral Conductors

April 3^rd-7^th, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia

Wed 03.04 from 14.00 Arrival, registration, welcome dinner and concert

Thu 04.04 10.00 – 14.00 Elimination round – rehearsal with chamber choir

14.00 – 15.00 Lunch

15.00 – 19.00 Elimination round – rehearsal with mixed choir

20.00 Announcement of the results

Fri 05.04 10.00 – 14.00 Semi-finals – rehearsal with professional male choir

13.00 – 15.00 Lunch

15.00 – 19.00 Semi-finals – rehearsal with professional mixed choir

20.00 Announcement of the results

Sat 06.04 10.00 – 14.30 Finals – rehearsal with professional mixed choir

14.30 – 15.30 Lunch

18.00 Finals – concert performance with professional mixed choir

21.00 Announcement of the results, prize giving, farewell party

Sun 07.04 from 8.00 Departure

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