Programme of 16th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań includes the following compositions to be performed from memory (except for sonatas) in the three stages of the event:

Stage One
Duration of up to 40 mins.

1.
Two capriccios (one from either composer):
N. PAGANINI – Op. 1 (EXCEPT nos. 6, 13, 14 and 16)
H. WIENIAWSKI – Op. 10 (EXCEPT no. 1).

2.
J. S. BACH – one of the following compositions/pairs of compositions:
Grave & Fugue from Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003
OR Adagio & Fugue from Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005
OR Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004.

3.
L. VAN BEETHOVEN:
Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96, 4th movement.

4.
H. WIENIAWSKI – one of the following compositions/pairs of compositions:
Variation on an Original Theme, Op. 15
OR Legend, Op. 17 AND Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4
OR Legend, Op. 17 AND Scherzo-Tarantella in G Minor, Op. 16
OR Fantasy on Themes from Ch. Gounod’s Opera Faust, Op. 20
OR Polonaise Brillante No. 2 in A Major, Op. 21.

Stage Two / Semi-final

PART 1 – RECITAL
Duration of up to 45 mins.

1.
One of the following sonatas for violin and piano:
J. BRAHMS – Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
OR Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
OR Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
A. DVOŘÁK – Sonatina, Op. 100
E. GRIEG – Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 8
OR Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13
I. J. PADEREWSKI – Sonata A Minor, Op. 13
F. SCHUBERT – Sonata in A Major „Grand Duo” D. 574
OR Fantasia in C Major, D. 934
R. SCHUMANN – Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 121 
K. SZYMANOWSKI – Sonata in D Minor, Op. 9.

2. 
One of the following compositions/pairs of compositions:
B. BARTÓK – Rhapsody No. 1 
E. CHAUSSON – Poème, Op. 25 
J. HUBAY – Carmen Fantasie 
N. PAGANINI – Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17 AND Campanella from Op. 7
N. PAGANINI – I Palpiti, Op. 13 
M. RAVEL – Tzigane 
C. SAINT-SAËNS – Havanaise, Op. 83
C. SAINT-SAËNS – Rondo Capriccioso in A Major, Op. 28
P. SARASATE – Caprice basque, Op. 24 
P. TCHAIKOVSKY – “Mélodie” in E-flat Major from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 AND Valse-Scherzo in C Major, Op. 34. 

3.
K. SZYMANOWSKI:
One piece of “Mythes” cycle, Op. 30 (La fontaine d’Arethusa OR Narcisse OR Dryades et Pan)
OR Romance in D Major, Op. 23.

PART 2 – WITH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

W. A. MOZART:
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major K. 364.

Stage Three / Final

Two concertos for violin and symphony orchestra:

1. 
H. WIENIAWSKI:
Violin Concerto in F-sharp Minor, Op. 14
OR Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 22.

2.
L. VAN BEETHOVEN – Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 
J. BRAHMS – Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 
A. DVOŘÁK – Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
F. MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY – Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64.