SaxoBrain

2011 Londeix Competition

The First eliminatory round:

Solo saxophone, maximum time: 20 minutes. Each competitor will present two works, one from each list:

  1. 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 from the following:

  1. One of the Neuf Études pour saxophone seul by Christian LAUBA (pub. Leduc)
  2. Hard too Hard (tenor saxophone) by Christian LAUBA (pub. Leduc)
  3. Etude N° 12 Xyl (Balafon 2) (alto saxophone) by Christian LAUBA (pub. Leduc)
  4. Work Song (alto saxophone) by Christian LAUBA (pub. Leduc)
  5. Hard (tenor saxophone) by Christian LAUBA (pub. Fuzeau)
  6. Oxyton (baritone saxophone) by Christophe HAVEL (pub. P.J. Tonger-Germany)
  7. Le Frêne Égaré (alto saxophone) by François ROSSÉ (pub. Billaudot)
  8. Digital (soprano saxophone) by Thierry ALLA (pub. Leduc)

The Second eliminatory round:

With piano accompaniment, maximum time: 30 minutes.

Two works to be chosen from among the following titles, one from each list:

Choose one

  1. Two Elegies Framing a Shout (soprano saxophone) by Mark-Anthony TURNAGE (pub. Schott)
  2. Légende op. 66 (alto saxophone) by Florent SCHMITT (pub. Durand)
  3. Sonate (with finale by JML.), by Paul HINDEMITH (pub. Schott)
  4. Études n° 8, 2, 10, 3 (alto saxophone) by Charles KOECHLIN (pub. Billaudot)
  5. Prélude, Cadence et Final (alto saxophone) by Alfred DESENCLOS (pub. Leduc)
  6. Sonate (alto saxophone) by Edison DENISOV (pub. Leduc)
  7. Zut! (Alto saxophone) by Andriy TALPASH (pub. AMP, (http://www.atalpash.ca/purchase.html)
  8. Music for Tenor Saxophone and Piano by M. William KARLINS (pub. Southern)
  9. Sonate (baritone saxophone) by Alain MARGONI (pub. Billaudot).

Choose one

  1. L’Incandescence de la bruine (soprano saxophone) by Bruno MONTOVANI (pub. Lemoine)
  2. SPP (soprano saxophone) by Philippe LEROUX (pub. Billaudot)
  3. Bisonante (alto saxophone) by Manuel ANGULO (pub. Mundimusica-Madrid)
  4. Atoll II (alto saxophone), by Isao MATSUSHITA (pub. Lemoine)
  5. Arabesque 3 (alto saxophone) by Ichiro NODAÏRA (pub. Lemoine)
  6. Renewing the Myth (alto saxophone) by Marilyn SHRUDE (pub. Lemoine)
  7. Pénombre VI (alto saxophone) by Yoshihisa TAÏRA (pub. Transatlantiques)
  8. Manhattan-Rhapsody (tenor saxophone) by Denis LEVAILLANT (http://www.denislevaillant.net/english/chambre.php)
  9. 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)