Audition Repertoire - Probespielrepertoire 2020
You will receive the sheet music with more detailed information about the excerpts after your registration!
Violin
- A romantic or 20th century concerto
or a concert piece - Mozart: concerto K 211, 216, 218 or 219, 1st mvt with cadenza
- Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 3rd mvt, bars 1 – 80 (1st violin)
- Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 4th mvt (the storm), bars 1 – 19 (2nd violin)
- Bruckner: Symphony No 3, 2nd mvt, bars 122 – 141; 3rd mvt, bars 121 – 159 (Scherzo), bars 7 – 39 (Trio) (1st violin)
- Mozart: Symphony No 39, 4th mvt (1st violin)
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2, 2nd mvt, "Juliet, the young girl“ 11 – 14 (1st violin)
- Strauss: Don Juan, Beginning to bar 62 (1st violin)
Viola
- A piece of your own choice
- Stamitz or Hoffmeister: concerto, 1st mvt with cadenza
- Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 2nd, 3rd and 4th mvt
- Bruckner: Symphony No 3, 3rd and 4th mvt
- Mendelssohn: Sommernachtstraum, 1st mvt, Scherzo
- Mozart: Zauberflöte, Overture
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 1, “The Death of Tybald” & Suite No 2, 2nd and 5th mvt
- Strauss: Don Juan, Beginning to 6 bars after C
Cello
- A piece of your own choice
- Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 2nd mvt, bars 20 – 26; 4th mvt (the storm), bars 33 – 51
- Mendelssohn: Sommernachtstraum, Scherzo
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2, 2nd mvt, 12 – 14; 3rd mvt, 22 – 24, upper divisi; 7th mvt, 62 to 5 bars after 63
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Beginning to 5th bar after 2
Double Bass
- Koussevitsky: Concerto, 1st & 2nd mvt
or Bottesini: Concerto 1st & 2nd mvt with cadenza
or Vanhal: Concerto for Double Bass, 1st mvt, with cadenza - Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 1st mvt, bars 79 – 86; bars 263 – 281
- Bruckner: Symphony No 3, 1st mvt, 1 bar before A to 7th after A
- Bruckner: Te Deum, Aeterna fac, bars 14 – 22
- Nielsen: Symphony No 6, Finale, the last 4 bars
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 1, “The Death of Tybald”, Beginning to bar 9 & Suite No 2 “Romeo & Juliet before parting”, bars 70 – 84
Flute
- A piece of your own choice
- Brahms: Symphony No 1, 4th mvt, & Symphony No 4, 4th mvt
- Mendelssohn: Sommernachtstraum, Scherzo
- Mozart: Zauberflöte, 1st act, No 8, Finale
- Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 1, 3rd mvt, 30 – 33
- Ravel: Daphnis & Chloé, Suite No 2, from bar 176
Piccolo
- Beethoven: Symphony No 9, 4th mvt, Allegro assai vivace, Alla marcia
- Rossini: Semiramis, Overture
- Shostakovich: Symphony No 9, 2nd and 3rd mvt
Oboe
- A piece of your own choice
- Brahms: Symphony No 1, 1st and 2nd mvt
- Dvorak: Cello Concerto, 2nd Oboe, 2nd mvt
- Mozart: Symphony No 41 “Jupiter”, 1st mvt
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 1, 2nd mvt, solo after 26
- Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, Prelude
- Rossini: La scala di seta, Overture
English Horn
- Dvorak: Symphony No 9, 2nd mvt
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Clarinet
- A piece of your own choice
- Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th mvt
- Kodaly: Dances from Galanta
- Mendelssohn: Sommernachtstraum, Scherzo, Allegro Vivace
- Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2, 2nd mvt, 14
High Clarinet
- Ravel: Bolero, 3 – 4
- Ravel: Daphnis & Chloé, Suite No 2
Bass Clarinet
- Liszt: Dante Sinfonie, 1st mvt, “Inferno”
- Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1, 2nd mvt
Bassoon
- A piece of your own choice
- Beethoven: Symphony No 4, 4th mvt
- Beethoven: Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, Overture
- Ravel: Bolero, 2 – 3
- Shostakovich: Symphony No 9, 4th and 5th mvt
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, 1st mvt
Double Bassoon
- Brahms: Symphony No 1, 1st and 4th mvt
- Ravel: Ma mere l´oye, 4th mvt, “Les Entretiens de la belle et de la bête”
Saxophone
- A piece of your own choice
Please note that, regarding the orchestral excerpts, it is not mandatory to apply for every instrument, but it is appreciated
- Bernstein: West Side Story, Symphonic Dances, bars 18 – 30, 404 – 438
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 1, 1st and 4th mvt & Suite No 2, 1st, 2nd and 6th mvt
- Ravel: Bolero, Solo, bars 131 – 143
- Mussorgsky: Pictures of an Exhibition, "Il vecchio castello"
Horn (High)
- Strauss: Concerto No 1
or Mozart: Concerto No 4 K 495 - Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 3rd and 5th mvt & Symphony No 7, 1st mvt
- Brahms: Symphony No 2, 1st mvt (1st AND 3rd horn) and 2nd mvt
- Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (1st AND 3rd horn) & Ein Heldenleben
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, 2nd mvt
Horn (Low)
- Mozart: Concerto No 3 K 447
- Neuling: Bagatelle
- Beethoven: Symphony No 7, 1st mvt
- Shostakovich: Symphony No 5, 17 – 21
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Var. VII & VIII & Ein Heldenleben, 2nd AND 5th horn
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung, 2nd act, 2nd scene
Trumpet
- Haydn: Concerto in E flat
- Beethoven: Leonore, Overtures Nos 2 & 3 (Signals)
- Mahler: Symphony No 5, 1st mvt & Symphony No 6, 1st and 4th mvt
- Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Cornet
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Nos 11, 12 and 48
Trombone
- David: Concerto
- Brahms: Symphony No 1, 4th mvt
- Mahler: Symphony No 3, 1st mvt (solo)
- Mozart: Requiem, Tuba mirum
- Ravel: Bolero
- 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: Guglielmo Tell, Overture
- Schumann: Symphony No 3, 4th mvt
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
- Wagner: Die Walküre, 3rd act, 1st scene: "Ride of the Valkyries" and 2nd scene
Tuba
- Strauss: Horn Concerto op. 11
or Vaughan Williams: Concerto - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, 4th and 5th mvt
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 7, 1st, 2nd and 4th mvt
- Mahler: Symphony No 1, 3rd mvt (solo)
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
- Wagner: Siegfried, 2nd act, Prelude
Percussion
Timpani
- Beethoven: Symphony No 9, 1st mvt, coda
- Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, 2nd mvt
- Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps, Finale (one player version)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, 1st mvt
Snare Drum
- Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf, 49
- Ravel: Bolero
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, 3rd mvt, D – J and 4th mvt, P – R
- Rossini: La gazza ladra, Overture
Xylophone
- Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Introduction
- Hindemith: Chamber Music No.1
- Stravinsky: The Firebird, Ballett, 1st act, 47 – 48 and 127 – 133
Glockenspiel
- Debussy: La Mer, 2nd & 3rd mvt
- Dukas: L'Apprentí sorcier
Harp
- Spohr: Fantasie c-moll op. 53
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, 2nd mvt
- Smetana: My homeland, 1st mvt, “Vyšehrad”
- Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, “Liebestod”
Piano/Celesta
- Mozart: a movement of a solo piece of your own choice
- Stavinsky: L'Oiseau de feu, suite pour orchestre (1919), "Introduction", beginning to bar 81
- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Suite 1, Nos 5 & 7 and Suite 2, No 1 (celesta) & No 4 (piano)