Date
Sunday 29 March 2026, provisionally 3–8pm

Venue
Lecture Recital Room, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Silk Street Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT

Jury
James Brawn, Angela Brownridge (BPSE Committee Member), Jan Loeffler (BPSE Committee Member)

Programme
To be announced after the closing date

Booking link for observers
General Admission £20 / Full-time Students Free
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Pieces

1. Bagatelle in E-flat, Op. 126 No. 3
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 and Fugue in E-flat major Op. 35, “Eroica Variations”.

Repeats

1. Exposition repeats in first movements in normal sonata form SHOULD NOT be observed, except in Op. 78 and Op. 79.
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.

Prizes

• Cash prizes. Other prizes may include Urtext volumes of Beethoven’s piano sonatas and other works donated by Bärenreiter edition;
• A year’s complimentary membership of the Society;
• The Beethoven Medal awarded by the Worshipful Company of Musicians;
• Carola Grindea Audience Prize;
• The First Prizewinner will be invited to take part in the BPSE Competition-winners’ Recitals series.