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Timetable & Repertoire
Please note, closed sessions are not open to the public.

Members of the public are welcome to attend Public Sessions, at no charge.

Tickets must be purchased for the Gala Final on Saturday 9 July - see booking for full details of prices and discounts.

Tuesday 30 June
12:30 Reception at Leeds Town Hall
14:30 - 17:30 Chamber Music Round - closed session
(16 contestants; 20 minutes each)
18:30 - 21:30 Chamber Music Round - closed session
(continuation)
21:30 - Announcement of results

Wednesday 1 July
14:30 - 17:30 First Round - public session
(12 contestants; 40 minutes each)
18:30 - 21:30 First Round - public session
(continuation)
13:30 - Announcement of results

Thursday 2 July
10:30 - 13:30 First Round - public session
(continuation)
13:30 - Announcement of results
18:30 - 21:30 Second Round - public session
(6 contestants; 50 minutes each)

Friday 3 July
10:30 - 13:30 Second Round - public session
(continuation)
13:30 - Announcement of results
18:30 - 21:30 Final Round - closed session
(3 contestants; 50 minutes each)

Sat 4 July
14:30 - 17:30 Final Round - closed session
(continuation)
19:30 Gala Final Concert, Leeds Town Hall
21:30 - Announcement of results and prize-giving ceremony



Competition Repertoire

Preliminary (Chamber Music) Round
Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht

First Round
Competitors must choose one work from each of the following lists

List A
Beethoven - Symphony No 1 in C
Haydn - Symphony No 59 in A (Fire)
Mozart - Symphony No 38 in D (Prague)
Schubert - Symphony No 4 in C minor (Tragic)

List B
Brahms - Symphony No 4 in E minor (1st & 4th Movements)
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5 in E minor (1st & 4th Movements)
Strauss - Don Juan
Walton - Portsmouth Point

Second Round
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
New Work t.b.c
Stravinsky - Symphony in C (3rd Movement)

Final Round
Sibelius - Symphony No 3 in C
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Beethoven - Symphony No 5 in C minor