Historical Interpretation

1. The talent rehearsal programme lasts about 60-80 minutes and consists of pieces from different styles. The programme must contain compositions of a high technical or artistic level. During the talent test the candidate will demonstrate his/her high technical level and virtuosity. The choice of repertoire is left to the candidate and the admissions committee will, among other things, assess the suitability of this choice.
2. The entrance examination includes an exam in a foreign non-Slavic language (A or N), the result of which constitutes 10% of the total grade. The foreign language examination is conducted as a written lexical-grammatical test at B 1+ SERR level. The test also tests knowledge of specialist terminology in the field of music.

At least four pieces from the following styles

• Early Baroque composition (Sweelinck, Frescobaldi, Rossi, Byrd, Bull, etc. -historical fingering welcome)
• Representative compositions of the French Baroque (d’Anglebert, L. or F. Couperin, Rameau, Balbatre, Duphly, de la Guerre, Geoffrey, etc.)
• Representative composition of the German Baroque style (Froberger, Kerll, Buxtehude, Kuhnau, J. S. Bach, Handel, etc.
• Virtuoso Italian, Spanish composition (Scarlatti, Soler, etc.)
• Sonata or Concerto of the 2nd half of the 18th century
• Composition “Empfindsamer Stil” (C.Ph. Bach, W. Fr. Bach, G. A. Benda etc.)
• Classical works (Haydn, Koželuh, Mozart, Beethoven, etc.)

There are Italian, Flemish, French, German harpsichords and two hammer pianos (early Walther and Graff 1819).

Recital programme 60-70 minutes

• Lute song or Air de cour (Dowland, Ferrabosco, Jones, Boesset, Moulinié, etc.)
• Early Baroque composition-monodies, arias (Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Caccini, Grandi, Schütz, Kapsberger, etc.)
• 17th century virto arias (Strozzi, Carissimi, Legrenzi, Buxtehude, Bernhard, Rosenmüller, etc.)
• A cantata (or part of a cantata) in Italian or German style, or possibly a larger opera or oratorio scene with recitative and aria (Handel, Vivaldi, A. Scarlatti, J.S. Bach and Sons, Telemann, Graun, etc.)
• A cantata (or part of a cantata) in French style or a larger opera or oratorio scene with recitative and 17th or 18th century atmosphere (Lully, Charpentier, Campra, Rameau, Grétry, Marais, Jacquet de la Guerre, etc.)
• Classical song or arietta (Haydn, Benda, Kozeluch, Mozart, etc.)

Recital program 60-80 minutes
played on historical instruments from the lute/guitar family of your choice

• Dowland, da Milano
• vihuela – Milan, Narvaez
• theorba – Kapsberger, de Visée
• baroque lute – Weiss, Gaultier
• Baroque guitar. Sanz Corbetta
• mandora-Brescianello

Recital programme 60-80 minutes

• Representative composition for solo flute – own selection
• French Baroque composition (Couperin, Boismortier, Hotteterre, etc.)
• Methodical Sonata (Telemann)
• Other composition of the applicant’s choice and taste

Recital programme 60-80 minutes

• Early Baroque composition ( Farina, Fontana, Mealli, Ucellini, etc.)
• Virtuoso composition of the second half of the 17th century (Albertini, Biber, Schmelzer, Westhoff, Buxtehude, etc.)
• Virtuoso Italian sonata from the 18th century (Corelli, Tartini, Veracini, Vivaldi, Bonporti, etc.)
• Composition for violin solo (Biber, Westhoff, Bach – two movements, Pisendel – two movements
• French Violin Sonata/E. J. der la Guerre, F. Couperin, J. M. Leclair a./
• Sonata or Concerto of the 2nd half of the 18th century

Recital programme 60-70 minutes

• Composition from the work of G. Ph. Telemann
• Composition from the work of G. F. Handel
• A piece by a French composer of the 17th or 18th century. Century
• Composition by an Italian composer of the 17th or 18th century
• Composition/compositions/part of a composition of your choice (it is possible to include a composition from the classical period as well as a 20th or 21st century composition)

Recital programme 60-80 minutes

• Composition from the work of G. Ph. Telemann
• Composition from the work of G. F. Handel
• Composition by a French composer of the 17th or 18th century
• Composition by an Italian composer of the 17th or 18th century
• Composition/compositions/part of a composition of your choice (can include a composition from the classical period and a 20th or 21st century composition)