Date/Time
Sunday 19 March 2023, 1:30pm–5pm

Venue
City Literary Institute (City Lit), 1-10 Keeley Street, London, WC2B 4BA

Jury
Julian Hellaby, Caroline Palmer, Melvyn Cooper (BPSE Committee Member)

Programme

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General Admissions £10 | Students £5 | BPSE members £5 

Pieces

1. A compulsory bagatelle Klavierstück in B flat, WoO 60.
2. Any complete Beethoven piano sonata (excluding Op.49, Nos.1 & 2 & Op.106 “Hammerklavier”). As an alternative to a sonata, pianists may perform Variations in F Major Op.34 (WITH all repeats) or 32 Variations in C Minor.

Repeats

1. Exposition repeats in first movements in normal sonata form should not be observed.
2. Repeats of development and recapitulation, where present, should also be omitted.
3. Exposition repeats in other movements in sonata form should be omitted. An exception is the Op.10 No.2 finale, where the first repeat should be observed but not the second.
4. The large repeats in the second sections of Op.54 and Op.57 finales should be omitted.
5. Normal repeats in second movements, slow movements, minuet/scherzo and trios movements and Variations should be observed.

Prize

• Cash Prizes
• A year’s complimentary membership of the Society
• Carola Grindea Audience Prize
• The First Prizewinner will be invited to take part in the BPSE Competition-winners’ Recitals series.