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MA double bass training – examination and diploma requirements

Year 1, semester 1

Repertoire:

  • Etudes: E. Nanny: 10 Etudes-Caprices, Montag: Double Bass Method V., F. Simandl: Gradus ad Parnassum I.
  • Sonatas: J. S. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G major, Patachich Iván: Sonatina
  • Concertos: J. M. Sperger: Concerto No.15., S. Koussevitzky: Concerto in F-sharp minor,
  • Performance pieces: Teppo Hauta-Aho: Kadenza, G. Bottesini: Tarantella

Examination requirements:

  • 2 etudes
  • one sonata
  • one performance piece (solo or with accompaniment, performed without sheet music)
  • one concerto (performed without sheet music)

Year 1, semester 2

Repertoire / Examination requirements:

  • Etudes: A. Mengoli,  F. Simandl: Gradus ad Parnassum I.
  • Sonatas: J. S. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba in D major, A. Misek: Sonata No. 2
  • Concertos: G. Bottesini: Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Montag Lajos: Microconcert
  • Performance pieces: Glier: Tarantella, Zbinden: Hommage à J. S. Bach

Year 2, semester 1

Repertoire / Examination requirements:

  • Etudes:  F. Simandl: Gradus ad Parnassum II., I. Caimmi: Advanced Technique of the Double Bass, T. A. Findeisen: 25 Technical Studies,
  • Sonatas: F. Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, Hertl: Sonata
  • Concerts: N. Rota: Divertimento, G. Bottesini: Concerto No. 2 in B minor
  • Concertos: L. E. Larsson: Concerto, Vécsey Jenő: Konzertante Musik
  • Performance pieces: G. Bottesini: La Sonnambula, Allegro di concerto „Alla Mendelssohn”

Year 2, semester 2

Repertoire:

Preparation for the diploma concert.


REQUIREMENTS OF THE DIPLOMA CONCERT:

Public concert with intermission, at least five pieces are to be performed:

  • one solo piece without accompaniment, eg. a movement from a cello suite by J. S. Bach or a contemporary piece,
  • one complete sonata,
  • one performance piece,
  • one complete original concerto, and
  • one chamber music piece.

The sonata and the concerto must be of different styles.
The sonata with accompaniment cannot replace the chamber music piece.
The programme must be performed without sheet music except for the chamber music piece and the sonata.


REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPLEX ORAL EXAM:

The oral exam must consist of a 20-minute oral presentation, possibly supplemented with live music illustration, related to the student's instrument, its literature and history, but not directly related to the repertoire of the student's diploma concert. The student must discuss the topic of the oral exam with their main subject teacher and submit it 3 months prior to the oral exam. In case the presentation is partly related to a piece performed at the diploma concert (composer, genre, etc.), the student must note that the oral exam must not consist of only the analysis of the particular piece. 

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