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Baroque Violin
First Year:
Technique:
- John Playford The Division Violin
- Geminiani The Art of Playing the Violin
- Scales & arpeggios
Repertoire:
- One of the Telemann fantasias
- Early Italian sonata (Fontana, Castello, or similar)
- Leclair sonata from op. 1
- Corelli sonata
- Handel sonata
- Bach obbligato violin solo from a cantata
Departmental Examination:
Jury based on the above.
Second Year:
Technique:
- Fiorillo
- Tartini L’Arte del Arco
- Scales & arpeggios
Repertoire:
- One of the Telemann fantasias
- Corelli La Folia
- Geminiani sonata
- Senaillé sonata
- Bach obbligato violin solo from Matthew Passion or B minor Mass
- Bach sonata with obbligato harpsichord
Departmental Examination:
Jury based on the above.
Third Year:
Technique:
Kreutzer
Repertoire:
- Biber sonata & Passacaglia
- Veracini sonata (from Sonate academiche)
- Leclair sonata from op. 5
- Vivaldi Four Seasons
- Bach solo sonata or partita
- Schubert sonatina
Performing:
Baroque ensembles, including repertoire with soloistic violin parts such as Brandenburg Concerto IV or V.
Departmental Examination:
Jury or recital based on the above.
Fourth Year:
Technique:
- Kreutzer
- Paganini
Repertoire:
- Bach solo sonata or partita
- Westhoff solo suite, learned from facsimile part
- Mozart concerto III, IV, or V
- 17th-century Italian sonata
- 18th-century Italian sonata or concerto
Performing:
As in previous year.
Departmental Examination:
50-60 minute recital including an unaccompanied sonata or partita of Bach.
