After a fiercely contested First Round, ten semifinalists take to the stage for another artistic showdown in the Semifinal.
At this decisive and exciting stage of the Concours, each competitor must present a carefully selected 50-minute program comprising of:
- A complete sonata by Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Enescu, Fauré, Franck, Janáček, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schnittke, Schumann, Schubert or R. Strauss
- A work of the competitor’s choice, by any composer
- A work of the competitor’s choice, by a Canadian composer
Program
- Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2Allegro con brio — Adagio cantabile — Scherzo, Allegro — Finale, Allegro, Presto
- Jean Papineau-Couture Suite pour violon seul
- Ernest Chausson Poème, op. 25
- George Enescu Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25Moderato malinconico — Andante sostenuto e misterioso — Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso
- Johannes Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 100Allegro amabile — Andante tranquillo, Vivace — Allegretto grazioso, quasi andante
- Maria Kaneko Millar Sakura for Solo Violin
- Sergueï Prokofiev Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D major, Op. 94aModerato — Presto — Andante — Allegro con brio, Poco meno mosso, Tempo I, Poco meno mosso, Allegro con brio
- Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata for Solo Violin No. 5 in G major, Op. 27L’aurore — Danse rustique
- Niccoló Paganini Variations for Violin on I Palpiti, Op. 13
- Jocelyn Morlock Alba
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