Audition Repertoires

1. Any movement of Bach cello suites or solo violin sonatas and partitas
2. First movement of any major concerto
3. B. Smetana: String Quartet excerpts (music provided)
4. L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica, third movement, beginning to bar 119 (music provided)

1. First movement exposition of any major cello concerto (F. J. Haydn included)
2. One movement from a Bach Suite
3. J. Brahms: G major string Quintet, Opus 111, first movement (music provided)
4. P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, second movement (music provided)

Solo:

• One solo piece of the applicant's choice

Chamber music excerpt (music provided):

• A. Dvořák: String quintet in G major, 4^th movement excerpt

Orchestral excerpts (music provided):

• L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3:
  1. First movement, mm. 303 - 326
  2. First movement, mm. 651 – 677

• F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4:
  3. First movement, mm. 237 – 253
  4. Second movement, mm. 96 to the end

Solo:

1. Exposition of first movement of either W. A. Mozart G major OR D major concerto
2. Own choice of J. Ibert, C. Nielsen or C. Reinecke concertos (first movement) OR Prokofiev Sonata (first movement) OR Dutilleux Sonatine

Orchestral excerpts (music provided):

1. G. Rossini: William Tell Overture
2. M. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe 

Solo:

• W. A. Mozart: Oboe concerto, first movement, beginning to bar 97

Orchestral excerpts (music provided):

1. G. Rossini: La Scala di Seta Overture (The Silken Ladder ):
   Allegro, Oboe 1. From upbeat to Fig. 2 to Fig. 3
2. L. v. Beethoven: Symphony 3, Eroica :
   Mvt 2, Oboe 1. From upbeat to bar 8 to bar 16
3. J. Brahms: Violin concerto in D major :
   Mvt 2, Oboe 1. Bar 3 to bar 32
4. J. Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56a:
   Theme, Oboe 2. Entire theme (with repeats)
5. M. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin :
   Mvt 1, Oboe 1. Beginning to Fig. 2
6. M. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin :
   Mvt 3. Beginning to Fig. 4 (with repeats)

1. W. A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, 1^st movement exposition
2. I. Stravinsky: Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, 2^nd movement
3. S. Prokofiev: Classical Symphony excerpts (music provided)
4. M. Ravel: Introduction & Allegro excerpts (music provided)

Solo:

• W. A. Mozart: Bassoon concerto in B-flat major, 1^st and 2^nd movement OR C. M. v. Weber: Bassoon concerto in F major, 1^st and 2^nd movement

Orchestral excerpts (music provided):

1. L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, 5^th movement: Allegretto, mm. 625 to 630
2. M. Ravel: Boléro, mm. 41 to 57
3. N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 2^nd movement: mm. 5 to 26 AND mm. 322 to 329
4. P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, 2^nd movement: solo

Solo:

• Exposition of W. A. Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 or No. 4

Orchestral excerpts (music provided):

• L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3:
  1. MVT. 3, horn 2, 8 bars before the Trio to the end (m. 205)
  2. MVT. 4, horn 1, from pickup to letter "F", through the downbeat 5 after "G"
  3. MVT. 4, horn 3, 7 bars after Presto (m.439) to the end

• J. Brahms: Symphony No. 3:
  4. MVT. 3, horn 1, begin on fermata before "F" to bar 110

• R. Wagner: Götterdämmerung :
  5. "Siegfried's Short Call"

Solo:

1. Opening Exposition of Trumpet Concerto OR Opening of Trumpet Sonata of your choice
2. T. Charlier: Etude No. 6, On B-flat trumpet in B-flat, opening to double bar (m. 35) (music provided)

Orchestral excerpts (music provided):

1. M. Mussorgsky (orch. by M. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition, opening of Promenade
2. I. Stravinsky: Petrushka "Ballerina's dance"
3. L. v. Beethoven: Leonore overture No. 2, off stage solo