Repertoire

​In the first two rounds you are advised to choose pieces that demonstrate your versatility as a conductor. The adjudicators want to see a demonstration of your range of skill, and it is most important that your programme reflect technical and emotional variety in your conducting.

If you are successful in the first round of the competition then you will need to prepare one piece from the list of pieces for Round 2, all of the set pieces for Round 3, all of the set pieces for Round 4, plus a Commissioned Set Piece, written especially for LICCC 2024.

Free Choice: Pre-Recorded Video Round (Round 1)

• ​For this round you may choose your own free choice of repertoire.
• Please choose either two or three contrasting pieces, whose combined length does not exceed ten minutes.
• Applicants are not expected to choose pieces from the competition repertoire lists (Rounds 2-4 below) but may do so if they wish.

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Sacred Music: Professional Choir (Round 2)

• Please choose one piece from this list.
• You must state your choice on your application form.
• In Round 2, each Competitor will have eight minutes to work on their chosen piece with the professional choir.
• The professional choir will comprise 16 singers, and will be familiar with your chosen piece before you meet them.
• In the case of any public domain editions, and some others, we will be able to provide you with download links to the relevant scores.

Johannes Brahms Wenn ein starker Gewappneter from Fest und Gedenkspruche Op.109 No.2
(Breitkopf & Härtel) 3’

Johannes Brahms Wo ist ein so herrlich volk from Fest und Gedenkspruche Op.109 No.3
(Breitkopf & Härtel) 5’

Anton Bruckner Christus factus est
(Edition Peters) 4’30’’

William Byrd Laudibus in Sanctis
(CPDL) 5’30’’

William Byrd Ne Irascaris Domine (1st Part)
(CPDL) 9’

Edward Elgar O wild west wind Op.53 No.3
(Novello, MUSNOV451058) 4’

Gustav Holst Nunc Dimittis
(Novello, HL.14015253) 3’30’’

Alonso Lobo Versa est In Luctum
(Mapa Mundi, WW.MM10A) 4’50’’

James MacMillan Jesum tradidit from Tenebrae Responsories
(Boosey & Hawkes, M060119545) 8’

Joanna Marsh Evening Prayer
(Joanna Marsh, joannamarsh.co.uk/evening-prayer) 3’30’’

Philip Moore Morning Prayers from Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(Boosey & Hawkes, M060114014) 6’30’’

Henry Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences
(CPDL) 3’

Thomas Tallis Loquebantur Variis Linguis
(CPDL) 4’30’’

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UK Women Composers: LICCC Choirs (Round 3)

• ​You must prepare all of the set pieces on this list, plus the Commissioned Set Piece
  
• The Commissioned Set Piece will be sent to you one month before the competition event.
• Lots will be drawn at the end of Round 2, on Thursday 31 October 2024, to determine which of these 5 pieces you will be required to conduct in this round, and with which LICCC Choir.
• You will have 20 minutes to privately rehearse your set piece with the choir.
• You will have 10 minutes of adjudicated rehearsal on the Commissioned Set Piece, with a different choir.
• All of the LICCC Choirs will be familiar with the set pieces, and the Commissioned Set Piece, before the competition begins.

Rebecca Dale I wandered lonely as a cloud
(Publisher details to be confirmed) 4’45’’

Kerensa Briggs Media Vita
(Boosey & Hawkes 41390-DIGITAL) 3’

Anna Lapwood O Nata Lux
(Boosey & Hawkes 9790060139123-D1) 4’20’’

Annabel Rooney Keep me as the apple of the eye
(Publisher details to be confirmed) 3’

Lucy Walker O Nata Lux
(Boosey & Hawkes DIGITAL-50060) 3’

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International Choral Works: Grand Final (Round 4)

• You must prepare all of the set pieces on this list.
  
• If you are selected to progress to the Grand Final you will be required to conduct one piece from the Grand Final set list, and one piece from the Round 3 set list, plus the Commissioned Set Piece.
  
• Lots will be drawn at the end of Round 3, on Saturday 2 November 2024, to determine which 2 set pieces you will be required to conduct in this round, and with which two LICCC Choirs.
  
• You will have 20 minutes to privately rehearse your Round 3 set piece.
  
• You will have 20 minutes of adjudicated rehearsal on your Grand Final set piece.
  
• You will have 10 minutes of adjudicated rehearsal on the Commissioned Set Piece, with the combined LICCC Massed Choirs.
  
• All of the LICCC Choirs will be familiar with the set pieces, and the Commissioned Set Piece, before the competition begins.
  
• The winner of the competition will conduct the premiere performance of the Commissioned Set Piece at the end of the Grand Final.​

Kristopher Fulton Prometheus
(https://www.kristopherfulton.com/works-scores/prometheus) 2’45’’

Alison Willis Gold and spices
(Selah Publishing Co. 405-302) 2’45’’

Ola Gjeilo Prelude
(Walton Music HL08501649) 3’15’’

Tarik O’Regan Gratias tibi
(Oxford University Press) 4’

Eric Whitacre With a Lily in Your Hand
(Santa Barbara Music Publishing Inc. SBMP 431) 2’15’’