20th International Harp Contest in Israel

Required Repertoire

Titles and SKU#s for pieces available on harp.com are italicized and featured below.  Thumbnails of all pieces are found at the bottom of this page.

First Stage
I. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) – Sonata
Choose one:

C-major Op.30 Nr.1, Op.17 Nr.4 Hob XVI-35
A flat-major, Hob.XVI:43
D-major, Hob XVI-24
g-minor, Hob.XVI-44
(Any edition)
Scarlatti & Haydn: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, SKU# 708940-835

II. Bedřich Smetana/Trnecek (1824-1884) – Vltava
(Lyra or Salvi edition)
The Moldau (LHS), SKU# 709510-505

III. Choose one:

Boris Pigovat (1952 – ) – The Wandering Stars
Haim Permont (1950 – ) – Movements & Pauses
(IMI – Israeli Music Institute)

IV. Choose one:

Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961) – Fantasy on Lara’s Granada
(Lyra or Sheet Music Plus)
Granada SKU# 704700-300
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)- Spanish  dance no 1 /Grandjany
(Lyra or Sheet Music Plus)
Spanish Dance no. 1 SKU# 701608-800; Recordings: Anges Clement: Dance SKU# 2255-05; Harpist at the Opera SKU# 3342-20
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) – Cordoba /Dulova
Cordoba SKU# 700125-080

Second Stage
Choose one:

Nicolas Flagello ( 1928 – 1994) – Sonata
(Lyra)
Sonata for Harp SKU# 702285-675; Recording: Gwyneth Wentink SKU# 3726-05
Paul Patterson (1947 – ) -Spiders
(Universal Edition)
Spiders SKU# 706670-700

II. Pearl Chertok (1918-1981) – “Around the Clock”
(Salvi)
Around the Clock Suite SKU# 701190-030

III. Israeli piece (to be announced in January 2018)
(IMI – Israel Music Institute)

IV. Free choice (6-8 minutes)

Third Stage
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) – Trio for Violin, Cello & Harp
(Leduc)
Trio (violin, cell and harp) SKU# 703450-900

II. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) – Trio for Flute, Cello & Harp
(Edition SVITZER, edited by J. Rovinsky)

Choose one:

Hob.XV 15 G-major
Hob XV 16 D- major
Hob XV 17 F- major

Final Stage
François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834) – Concerto in C- major
(Ricordi, Lyra or Billaudot)
Concerto (Solo harp part) SKU# 700595-010; Concerto (separate harp part and piano reductions) SKU# 700595-020; Recordings Francois Adrien Boieldieu SKU# 3282-10

For more information visit the Contest’s website.