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Old 09-03-2007, 05:13 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Audition Piece Suggestions

Well haydn is always a good one. Here is a list of common orchestra audition excerpts * Bach, J.S.
o Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Movements I and III) (very hard, typically major orchestras only)
o Mass in B Minor (Credo)
o Christmas Oratorio (No. 64 Nun Seid Ihr Wohl Gerochen)
o Magnificat (Chorus: Magnificat)
* Bartók
o Concerto for Orchestra (Movements I, II, and V)
* Beethoven
o Leonore Overture No. 2
o Leonore Overture No. 3
* Georges Bizet
o Carmen (Prelude to Act I)
* Johannes Brahms
o Academic Festive Overture
o Symphony No.2
* Copland
o An Outdoor Overture
o "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
* Debussy
o La Mer
o Fêtes from Nocturnes (Muted Trio & Open Section 13-14)
* George Gershwin
o An American in Paris (excerpts and solos)
o Concerto in F (Movement II)
* Mahler
o Symphony No. 1 (Movement I)
o Symphony No. 2 (Movements I, II, III, V)
o Symphony No. 3 (Off-stage Posthorn solo)
o Symphony No. 5 (Movements I, III, V)
* Modest Mussorgsky arr. Maurice Ravel
o Pictures at an Exhibition (Promenade; Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle)
* Ravel
o Piano Concerto in G (Movement I)
o Boléro (Muted Theme and Ending)
* Ottorino Respighi
o Pines of Rome (Movements I, II & IV)
* Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
o Scheherazade (Movment III&IV)
o Capriccio Espagnol (Movement IV)
* Shostakovich
o Piano Concerto (All Movements)
* Richard Strauss
o Eine Alpensinfonie (section "Auf dem Gletscher")
o Don Juan (Opening through Sec. B, Weich Solo, Vivo Solo, Sec. P)
o Ein Heldenleben (1st E-flat part and 1st Bb part)
* Igor Stravinsky
o The Firebird (Infernal Dance) (any version)
o Petrushka - 1st Cornet in 1911 version and 1st Trumpet in 1947 version
o The Rite of Spring (any version)
* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
o Symphony No.4 (opening)
o Capriccio Italien
o Le Chocolat (Danse Espaniole) from the Ballet: Nutcracker, Act II: No. 12
* Richard Wagner
o Prelude to Parsifal
o Overture from Die Meistersinger

Good luck!
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