2010 Londeix Competition
The First eliminatory round
Solo saxophone, maximum time: 20 minutes. Each competitor will present two works, one from each list:
A baroque or a classical composition written before the 20th century transcribed for solo saxophone (the choice of saxophone is at the discretion of the candidate).
Choose one
- Neuf Études pour saxophone seul by Christian LAUBA (pub. Leduc)
- Hard too Hard (tenor saxophone) by Christian LAUBA (pub. Leduc)
- Etude N° 12 Xyl (Balafon 2) (alto saxophone) by Christian LAUBA (pub. Leduc)
- Work Song (alto saxophone) by Christian LAUBA (pub. Leduc)
- Hard (tenor saxophone) by Christian LAUBA (pub. Fuzeau)
- Oxyton (baritone saxophone) by Christophe HAVEL (pub. P.J. Tonger- Germany)
- Le Frêne Égaré (alto saxophone) by François ROSSÉ (pub. Billaudot)
- Digital (soprano saxophone) by Thierry ALLA (pub. Leduc)
The Second eliminatory round
With piano accompaniment- maximum length: 30 minutes. Two works to be chosen from among the following titles, one from each list:
List One
- Two Elegies Framing a Shout (soprano saxophone) by Mark-Anthony TURNAGE (pub Schott)
- Légende op. 66 (alto saxophone) by Florent SCHMITT (pub. Durand)
- Sonate (with finale by JML.), by Paul HINDEMITH (pub. Schott)
- Études n° 8, 2, 10, 3 (alto saxophone) by Charles KOECHLIN (pub. Billaudot)
- Prélude, Cadence et Final (alto saxophone) by Alfred DESENCLOS (pub. Leduc)
- Sonate (alto saxophone) by Edison DENISOV (pub. Leduc)
- Zut! (Alto saxophone) by Andriy TALPASH (pub. AMP, (http://www.atalpash.ca/purchase.html)
- Music for Tenor Saxophone and Piano by M.William KARLINS (pub. Southern)
- Sonate (baritone saxophone) by Alain MARGONI (pub. Billaudot)
List Two
- L’Incandescence de la bruine (soprano saxophone) by Bruno MONTOVANI (pub. Lemoine)
- SPP (soprano saxophone) by Philippe LEROUX (pub. Billaudot)
- Bisonante (alto saxophone) by Manuel ANGULO (pub. Mundimusica-Madrid)
- Atoll II (alto saxophone), by Isao MATSUSHITA (pub. Lemoine)
- Arabesque 3 (alto saxophone) by Ichiro NODAÏRA (pub. Lemoine)
- Renewing the Myth (alto saxophone) by Marilyn SHRUDE (pub. Lemoine)
- Pénombre VI (alto saxophone) by Yoshihisa TAÏRA (pub. Transatlantiques)
- Manhattan-Rhapsody (tenor saxophone) by Denis LEVAILLANT (http://www.denislevaillant.net/english/chambre.php)
- Silence for a disturbed yell (baritone saxophone) by François ROSSÉ (pub. Fuzeau)
The Final round
With orchestra: (choose one work)
- Concerto (22’) by Constantin MIEREANU for soprano saxophone and orchestra (pub. Salabert)
- Chant premier op. 103 (15’) by Marcel MIHALOVICI, for tenor saxophone and orchestra (pub. Heugel)
- Concertante (20’) by Marius CONSTANT, for alto saxophone and orchestra (pub. Riccordi)