Keyboard Instrument Requirements
Piano
Applicants will play from memory:
- a complete work of J. S. Bach
- any Mozart sonata (except K. 545) or any Beethoven sonata (except Op. 49) complete
- one slow and one fast selection from the works of Chopin for solo piano (no works of Chopin for piano and orchestra will be acceptable)
- a major solo work (at least ten minutes long) of the applicant’s choosing
No substitutions for the above repertoire will be allowed.
Organ
Applicants will play from memory:
- a prelude and fugue by J. S. Bach
- an allegro movement from a Bach trio sonata or comparable chorale-prelude
- two movements from the romantic or contemporary literature, one of which should be a slow movement
Organ applicants will also be asked to sightread. A modern composition will be sent to each auditionee one month prior to auditions and will be performed (optional: from memory) at the audition.
The organ in Field Concert Hall is an Aeolian-Skinner, 5 manuals, 116 ranks. See detailed specification (PDF).
Harpsichord
Applicants will play from memory:
- two Scarlatti sonatas
- two contrasting movements from a suite by J. S. Bach
- a work of their own choice from the French claveçin school or the English virginalists
