Audition Repertoire - Probespielrepertoire 2018/19

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STRINGS

VIOLIN

• Mozart: concerto K 211, 216, 218 or 219, 1st mvt. with cadenza
• A romantic or 20^th century concerto (1^st mvt., Beethoven is accepted) or a concert piece
• Excerpts (always 1^st violin):
  Berlioz: from “Symphonie Fantastique”, 1st mvt. bars 17 – 27, 2nd mvt. 39 – 87                                                                                                     Mahler: from symphony No 6, 4th mvt. 153 - 157
  Mozart: from symphony No 39, 4th mvt.
  Strauss: Don Juan, beginning to bar 62
  Tchaikovsky: from symphony No 6, 3rd mvt. beginning to bar 32 (upper divisi)

VIOLA

• Stamitz or Hoffmeister: concerto, 1^st mvt. with cadenza
• A piece of your own choice
• Excerpts:
  Berlioz: from “Symphonie Fantastique”, 5th mvt. bars 222 – 316
  Mahler: from symphony No 6, 4th mvt. bars 308 – 312; 340 – 354; 364 – 373; 380 – 414 Mozart: from overture to „Don Giovanni“, Allegro molto
  Mendelssohn: from symphony No 5, “Reformation”, 1st mvt. bars 94 – 110; 467 – 477; 485 – 507; 4th mvt. bars 229 – 232
  Tchaikovsky: from symphony No 6, 1st mvt. bars 19 – 23; 32 – 38; 50 – 55; 58 – 66

CELLO

• A piece of your own choice
• Excerpts:
  Berlioz: from “Symphonie Fantastique”, 2nd mvt. bars 174 – 191 (upper divisi) and 138 – end of mvt.; 4th mvt. bars 17 – 41; 5th mvt. bars 241 – 259
  Mahler: from Symphony No 6, 4th mvt. 3 bars before 134 – 2 bars after 135
  Mendelssohn: from Symphony No 5, 2nd mvt. bars 94 – 114

DOUBLE BASS

• Koussevitsky: concerto, 1^st & 2^nd mvt. or Bottesini: concerto 1^st & 2^nd mvt. with cadenza or Vanhal: Concerto for double bass, 1^st mvt. with cadenza
• Excerpts:
  Bach: from orchestra suite No 4 BWV 1069, 1st mvt. bars 29 – 46
  Berlioz: from Symphonie Fantastique, 3rd mvt. bars 83 – 106
  Mahler: from symphony No 6, 4th mvt. 3 bars before 112 – 5 bars after 113
  Mendelssohn: from symphony No 5, 1st mvt. bars 42 – 66
  Tchaikovsky: from symphony No 6 3rd mvt. bars 72 – 80

WOODWINDS

FLUTE

• A piece of your own choice
• Excerpts:
  Brahms: from symphony No 1, 4^th mvt. and symphony No 4, 4^th mvt.
  Mendelssohn: from „Ein Sommernachtstraum“, Scherzo
  Mozart: “Die Zauberflöte”, 1^st act, No 8, Finale
  Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf
  Ravel: “Daphnis & Chloé”, 2^nd suite, from bar 176

PICCOLO (optional)

Beethoven: symphony No 9, 4^th mvt., Allegro assai vivace, Alla marcia
Rossini: overture to “Semiramis”
Shostakovich: from symphony No 9, 2^nd & 3^rd mvt.

OBOE

• A piece of your own choice
• Excerpts:
  Brahms: from symphony No 1, 1^st & 2^nd mvt.
  Dvorak: cello concerto, 2^nd oboe, 2^nd mvt.
  Mozart: from symphony No 41, “Jupiter”, 1^st mvt.
  Ravel: “Le tombeau de Couperin”, Prelude
  Rossini: overture to “La scala di seta”
  Strauss: solo from Don Juan

ENGLISH HORN (optional)

Berlioz: from Symphonie Fantastique, 3rd mvt. bars 1 – 20
Dvorak: from symphony No 9, 2^nd mvt.
Strauss: from “Ein Heldenleben”

CLARINET

• A piece of your own choice
• Excerpts:
  Beethoven: from symphony No 6, 2^nd mvt.
  Berlioz: from Symphonie Fantastique 3rd & 5th mvt.
  Brahms: from symphony No 3, 2^nd mvt.
  Kodaly: from “Dances from Galanta”
  Mendelssohn: from „Ein Sommernachtstraum“, Scherzo, Allegro Vivace
  Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf
  Tchaikovsky: from symphony No 6, 1st mvt.

HIGH CLARINET (optional)

Berlioz: from Symphonie Fantastique, 5th mvt.
Ravel: Bolero, 3 to 4
Ravel: from “Daphnis & Chloé”, Suite No 2

BASS CLARINET (optional)

Liszt: from “Dante Sinfonie”, 1^st mvt. “Inferno”
Shostakovich: from violin concerto No 1, 2^nd mvt.

BASSOON

• A piece of your own choice
• Excerpts:
  Beethoven: from symphony No 4, 4^th mvt.
  Beethoven: from violin concerto, 2^nd mvt.
  Mozart: overture to „Le nozze di Figaro“
  Ravel: Bolero, 2 to 3
  Shostakovich: from symphony No 9, 4^th & 5^th mvt.
  Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, 1st & 4th mvt.

DOUBLE BASSOON (optional)

Brahms: from symphony No 1, 1^st & 4^th mvt.
Ravel: from “Ma mere l´oye”, 4^th mvt .“Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête”

BRASS

HORN (high)

• Strauss: Concerto No 1 or Mozart: Concerto No 4 K 495
• Excerpts:
  Beethoven: from symphonies No 6, 3^rd & 5^th mvt. and No 7, 1^st mvt.
  Brahms: from symphony No 2, 1^st mvt. (1^st AND 3^rd horn) & 2^nd mvt.
  Strauss: from “Till Eulenspiegel” (1^st AND 3^rd horn) and “Ein Heldenleben”
  Tchaikovsky: from symphony No 5, 2^nd mvt.

HORN (low)

• Mozart: Concerto No 3 K 447
• Neuling: Bagatelle
• Excerpts:
  Beethoven: from symphony No 7, 1^st mvt.
  Shostakovich: from symphony No 5 (17 to 21)
  Strauss: from “Don Quixote”, var. VII & VIII and “Ein Heldenleben” (2^nd AND 5^th horn)
  Wagner: from “Götterdämmerung”, 2^nd act, 2^nd scene

TRUMPET

• Haydn: Concerto in E flat
• Excerpts
  Bach: from orchestra suite No 4 BWV 1069, "Réjouissance" (piccolo)
  Beethoven:  overtures to “Leonore” Nos 2 & 3 (Signals)
  Mahler: from symphony No 5, 1^st mvt. and symphony No 6, 1^st & 4^th mvt.
  Strauss: from “Also sprach Zarathustra”

TROMBONE

• David: Concerto
• Excerpts:
  Brahms: from symphony No 1, 4^th mvt.
  Mahler: from symphony No 3, 1^st mvt. (solo)
  Mozart: from Requiem, Tuba mirum
  Ravel: Boléro
  Strauss: from „Also sprach Zarathustra“, “Der Genesende” & “Das Tanzlied” and „Till Eulenspiegel“ (31 and 37)
  Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 3)

BASS TROMBONE

• Sachse: concerto
• Excerpts:
  Haydn: “The Creation”, No 26
  Rossini: overture to “Guglielmo Tell”
  Schumann: from symphony No 3, 4^th mvt.
  Strauss: from “Ein Heldenleben”
  Wagner: “Die Walküre”, 3^rd act, 1^st scene: »Ride of the Valkyries« & 2^nd scene

TUBA

• Strauss: horn concerto op. 11 or Vaughan Williams: concerto
• Excerpts:
  Berlioz: from “Symphonie fantastique” op. 14, 4^th & 5^th mvt.
  Bruckner: from symphony No. 7, 1^st, 2^nd & 4^th mvt.
  Mahler: from symphony No 1, 3^rd mvt. (solo)
  Strauss: from „Ein Heldenleben“
  Wagner: “Siegfried”, 2^nd act, prelude

PERCUSSION & HARP

PERCUSSION

• TIMPANI:
  Beethoven: symphony no. 9, 1^st mvt., coda
  Hindemith: from “Symphonic metamorphosis”, 2^nd mvt.
  Stravinsky: from “Le sacre du printemps”, finale (one player)
  Tchaikovsky: from symphony no.4, 1^st mvt.
• SNARE DRUM
  Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf
  Ravel: Bolero
  Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, 3^rd mvt., D to J & 4^th mvt., P to R
  Rossini: overture to “La gazza ladra”
• XYLOPHONE
  Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Introduction)
  Hindemith: Chamber Music no.1
  Stravinsky: The Firebird, Ballett, 1^st act, 47 to 48 & 127 to 133
• GLOCKENSPIEL
  Debussy: from “La Mer”, 2^nd mvt. & 3^rd mvt.
  Dukas: "L'apprentí sorcier"

HARP

• Spohr: Fantasie c-moll op. 53
• Excerpts:
  Berlioz: from “Symphonie Fantastique”, 2nd mvt.
  Smetana: from “My homeland”, 1. “Vyšehrad”
  Wagner: from “Tristan & Isolde”, “Liebestod”

PIANO/CELESTA

• Mozart: Movement of a solo piece of your own choice
• Excerpts:
  Stravinsky: L' Oiseau de feu, suite pour orchestre (edition from 1919) from "Introduction", beginning to bar 81 and from "Danse infernale du roi Kastschei" bars 28-97
  Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Violoncello, slow movement