Baroque Violin Requirements
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.
