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STRINGS
VIOLIN
A romantic or 20th century concerto or a concert piece
and
Mozart: Concerto K 211, 216, 218 or 219 (1st mvt. with cadenza)
Bruckner: Symphony No 3, 2nd movement 122-141; 3rd movement scherzo 121-159
Mozart: Symphony No 39, Finale, Exposition
Strauss: "Don Juan", beginning to bar 62 (1st violin)
Strauss: "Eine Alpensinfonie" Figure 138-141
VIOLA
A piece of your own choice
AND
Stamitz or Hoffmeister: concerto, 1st mvt with cadenza
Bruckner: from Symphony No 3, 1st mvt., 2nd mvt, 3rd mvt & 4th mvt
Mendelssohn: from „A Midsummer Nights Dream“, Scherzo
Mozart: “The Magic Flute”, Overture
Strauss: from “Eine Alpensinfonie”, 132 until 16 after 133 AND upbeat to 138 until 5 after 140
Wagner: from “Tristan and Isolde”, Vorspiel und Liebestod, upbeat to “Animando” to 6 after B
CELLO
A piece of your own choice
Brahms: from Symphony No. 2, 2nd mvt.
Debussy: from “La Mer”
Mendelssohn: from "Ein Sommernachtstraum", Scherzo, C-D and N-O
Smetana: from “Die verkaufte Braut”, Overture
Strauss: "Eine Alpensinfonie" figures 73-74, 94-96
DOUBLE BASS
Koussevitsky: Concerto, 1st
OR
Bottesini: Concerto 1st
OR
Vanhal: Concerto for Double Bass, 1st
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, from 3rd mvt
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, from 3rd mvt.
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5, 4th mvt, bars 31 to 44
Mozart: from Symphony No. 40 g-Minor, 1st mvt.
Sain-Saens: “Carnival of the Animals”, No. 5 “L´Éléphant”
Strauss: from “Eine Alpensinfonie”, from 11 until 4 after 12
WOODWINDS
FLUTE
A piece of your own choice
Bizet: from "Carmen-Suite Nr. 1", Intermezzo
Brahms: from Symphony No 1, 4th mvt.
from Symphony No 4, 4th mvt.
Mendelssohn: from “Ein Sommernachtstraum”, Scherzo
Ravel: from "Bolero", 16 before 1- end 1
Ravel: “Daphnis & Chloé”, 2nd suite, from bar 176
Saint-Saens: from "Le Carnaval des Animaux", Voliere
PICCOLO
Beethoven: Symphony No 9, 4th mvt., Allegro assai vivace, Alla marcia
Rossini: Ouverture to “Semiramis”
Shostakovich: from Symphony No. 9, 2nd mvt. & 3rd mvt.
OBOE
A piece of your own choice
Beethoven: from Symphony No. 3 2nd mvt. & 3rd mvt.
Brahms: from „Violin Concerto“
Bruckner: from Symphony No.5, 2nd mvt.
Ravel: „Le tombeau de couperin“, Prelude
Rossini: Ouverture to „La scala di seta“
Strauss: "Eine Alpensinfonie", Figures 77-80 ("Auf dem Gipfel")
ENGLISH HORN
Dvoark: from Symphony No 9, 2nd mvt.
Strauss: from "Ein Heldenleben“
CLARINET
A piece of your own choice
Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 2nd mvt.
Kodaly: from “Dances from Galanta”
Mendelssohn: from “Sommernachtstraum”, Scherzo, Allegro Vivace
Mendelssohn: from Symphony No 3
Prokofieff: Peter and the wolf
HIGH CLARINET
Ravel: from “Daphnis & Chloé”, Suite No 2
Ravel: from "Bolero" 3 to 4
BASS CLARINET
Liszt: from “Dante Sinfonie”, 1st mvt. “Inferno”
Shostakovich: from Violin Concerto No 1, 2nd mvt.
BASSOON
A piece of your own choice
Beethoven: from Symphony No 4, 4th mvt.
from Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.
Mozart: Ouverture to “Le nozze di Figaro”
Ravel: from “Bolero”
Shostakovich: from Symphony No 9, 4th mvt.
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, 1st mvt.
DOUBLE BASSOON
Brahms: Symphony No 1, 1st mvt.
Ravel: from “Ma mere l´oye”, 4th mvt.: “Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête”
BRASS
HORN (HIGH)
Strauss: Concerto No. 1
or
Mozart: Concerto No 4 K 495
Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 3rd mvt. & 5th mvt.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, 1st mvt.
Brahms: Symphony No 2, 1st mvt. (1st AND 3rd horn)
Bruckner: Symphony No 4, 1st mvt. & 2nd mvt.
Strauss: Till Eulenspielgel (1st AND 3rd horn)
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, 2nd mvt.
HORN (LOW)
Mozart: Concerto No 3 K 447
and
Neuling: Bagatelle
Beethoven: Symphony No 7, 1st mvt., 2nd horn
Shostakovich: Symphony No 5, 17 – 21
Strauss: Don Quixote, var VII & VIII (2nd horn)
Ein Heldenleben (2nd AND 5th horn)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, 2nd act, 2nd scene, 2nd horn
TRUMPET
Haydn: Concerto in E flat 1st mvt + Beginning 2nd mvt
Beethoven: Leonore, Overtures No 2 & 3 (Signals)
Mahler: Symphony No 5, 1st mvt.
Mahler: Symphony No 6, 1st mvt & 4th mvt.
Ravel: from “Bolero”, 2 bars after 16 until 17 (on Piccolo Trumpet)
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Strauss: from “Eine Alpensinfonie”, “Auf dem Gletscher”
from “Eine Alpensinfonie”, 75 onwards
TROMBONE
David: Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No 1, 4th mvt.
Mahler: Symphony No 3, 1st mvt. (solo)
Mozart: Requiem, Tuba mirum
Ravel: Boléro
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, “Der Genesende”
“Das Tanzlied”
Till Eulenspiegel, 31 and 37
Wagner: Lohengrin, 3rd act, Prelude
BASS TROMBONE
Sachse: Concerto
Haydn: The Creation, No. 26
Rossini: Overture to Gulgielmo Tell
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, 4th mvt.
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Wagner: Die Walküre, 3rd act, 1st scene: „Ride of the Valkyries“
3rd act, 2nd scene
TUBA
Strauss: Horn Concerto op. 11
or
Vaughan Williams: Concert
Berlioz: from “Symphonie fantastique” op. 14, 4th mvt. & 5th mvt.
Bruckner: from Symphony No 7, 1st mvt., 2nd mvt. & 4th mvt.
Mahler: from Symphony No 1, 3rd mvt. (solo)
Strauss: from “Ein Heldenleben”
Wagner: “Siegfried”, 2nd act, prelude
TIMPANI / PERCUSSION
TIMPANI
Beethoven: Symphony No 9, 1st mvt., coda
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, 2nd mvt.
Stravinksy: Le sacre du printemps, Finale (one player)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, 1st mvt.
SNARE DRUM
Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf, 49
Ravel: Bolero
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, 3rd mvt., D – J & 4th mvt., P – R
Rossini: La gazza ladra, Overture
XYLOPHONE
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Introduction
Hindemith: Chamber Music No 1
Stravinksy The Firebird, Ballett, 1st act, 47 – 48 & 127 – 133
GLOCKENSPIEL
Debussy: La Mer, 2nd mvt. & 3rd mvt.
Dukas: L´apprentí sorcier
HARPS
Händel: Concerto B-flat Major, 1st and 2nd mvmt
or
Spohr: Fantasie C Minor, op. 53
Bartok: from "Concerto for Orchestra", 4th mvmt
Berlioz: from "Symphonie Fantastique", 2nd mvmt
Strauss: Salomes Dance
Tchaikovsky: from "Schwanensee", 2. Act No 13 Cadenza
Wagner: from "Tristan und Isolde", "Liebestod"
KEYS
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