Strings Department - exam requirements

Strings Department

End of Year and Final Exams - Undergraduate*
*It is not allowed to repeat repertoire from previous exams (including the entry audition), including different movements from the same piece! In special cases, contact the head of the department.

 1st and 2nd  year – all instruments

1.         Prelude and dance or two movements from a Suite, Partita, solo Sonata or
             Sonata da gamba by Bach or two movements from a parallel Baroque piece
             (depending on the instrument)

2.         Movement from a standard concerto

3.         Short work or a movement from a major work, stylistically different from those performed already (in the case of doublebass, according to the teachers’ decision and the current repertoire of the orchestra – selected orchestra parts can be played instead).

3rd  year – all instruments

1.         Prelude and two dances or three dances from a Suite or Partita by Bach or
             three movements from a Baroque Sonata of parallel difficulty (depending on
             the instrument)

2.         Two movements from a concerto

3.         Short work or movement from major work stylistically different from those performed already (in the case of doublebass, according to the teachers’ decision and the current repertoire of the orchestra – selected orchestra parts can be played instead).

4th year (final exam) 

Violin

1.   Bach – Any of the Adagio and Fugue/Grave and Fugue, or Chaconne, or four movements from any of the Partitas/Sonatas for violin solo

2.   Violin concerto in its entirety

3.   Entire Sonata stylistically different from the concerto

4.   Paganini – one caprice or any other virtuoso work

5.   An Israeli work
       Foreign candidates for graduate studies should prepare a contemporary piece
       instead of an Israeli piece

Viola

1.  Bach – Suite in its entirety, or Sonata for viola da gamba

2.  Concerto in its entirety such as Bartok, Walton or one of equivalent difficulty

3.   Entire Sonata stylistically different from the concerto

4.   Contemporary work or virtuosic piece

5.   An Israeli work
       Foreign candidates for graduate studies, instead of an Israeli work should prepare
       either a virtuoso or a contemporary piece, different in genre from the one chosen
       in clause 4 accordingly.

Violoncello

1.  Bach – Suite in its entirety, or Gamba Sonata or a Baroque virtuoso work (Valentini Sonata, Boccherini Sonata, Locatelli or Francoeur)

2.   A concerto in its entirety

3.   Entire Sonata stylistically different from the concerto and the Baroque sonata

4.   A contemporary work or virtuoso work (optional Piatti Capriccio)

5.   An Israeli work
       Foreign candidates for graduate studies, instead of an Israeli work should prepare
       either a virtuoso or a contemporary piece, different in genre from the one chosen
       in clause 4 accordingly

Double-Bass

1.   Bach – a solo cello suite or a full Baroque piece

2.   A concerto in its entirety

3.   Entire Sonata stylistically different from the concerto

4.   A contemporary or Israeli work

5.   Selected orchestra parts (at the discretion of the judges and examiners)