This excerpt list will be updated on Friday, June 5 as to the order they will be recorded in. This list is subject to change. The excerpt packets are in pdf format. If you have trouble downloading a file, you can request to have a packet emailed to you by emailing Isabel.Thiroux@aysymphonyorg.dream.press.
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Violin (violin excerpts 2019 – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- MOZART Symphony No. 39 | 2nd mvt.: mm. 1 to 46, 4th mvt.: mm. 1-79
- DVORAK Carnival Overture | Beginning to downbeat of Letter B, Letter M through 5 measures after Letter N
- ELGAR Enigma Variations | Variation 2
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Beginning to 13 measures after C
Co-Concertmaster (Additional excerpts for Co-Concertmaster) Not included in download – request by email
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade | All solos in 1st and 2nd mvts.
- STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben | All solos
Viola (viola excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- MOZART Symphony No. 35 | 1st mvt. m. 15 to 3 after Letter A
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 | 1st mvt.: beginning to 10 after Allegro non troppo, and 3rd mvt.: 5 measures after V to AA
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Beginning to B and 1 measure before Z to CC
- MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Scherzo
Cello (2019 cello excerpts-download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- MOZART Symphony No. 35 | 4th mvt. 23 measures after D to E
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 | 2nd mvt. Beginning to C
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 | 2nd mvt. Beginning to A
- MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Scherzo
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Beginning to measure 7, 3 measures before G to 4 measures after K, and 7 measures after X to CC
Additional excerpt for principal cello: Not included in download – request by email
- BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 | 3rd movement solos
Bass (bass excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 | 4th mvt.: Beginning to A
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 | 3rd mvt.: Beginning to measure 86, and 140-177
- MOZART Symphony No. 35 | 1st mvt.: measure 13 to A, and 4th mvt.: 23 measures after D to E
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Rehearsal A to C
- GINASTERA Variaciones Concertantes | Solo
- MAHLER Symphony No. 1 | Solo
Flute / Piccolo (2019 flute-picc excerpts) A flute concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- DEBUSSY Afternoon of a Faun | Opening Solo
- PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony | 2nd mvt. rehearsal 31 to rehearsal 32, and 4th mvt. rehearsal 63 to 3 measures after rehearsal 65
- STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite | Variation De L’Oiseau De Feu
- RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No.2 | Rehearsal 176-179
Prepare additional excerpts for piccolo in addition to flute excerpts:
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 3rd mvt. measure 162-170, measure 194-203
- ROSSINI Semiramide | Note: Rossini updated to reflect correct articulation
Oboe / English Horn (oboe/english horn excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- BRAHMS Violin Concerto | Adagio Solo
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 | 2nd mvt.: Measures 19-26
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 2nd mvt.: Beginning to measure 21
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 | 2nd mvt.: Solo
- ROSSINI La Scala di Seta | Andantino and Allegro solos
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade | Solos
Prepare additional excerpts for English horn in addition to oboe excerpts:
- DVORAK Symphony No. 9 | 2nd mvt.: measure 7 to 3 measures before rehearsal 1
- BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture | Solo
Clarinet (clarinet excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 | 3rd mvt.: Trio to D.C.
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 | 2nd mvt.: Beginning to rehearsal B
- MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Scherzo
- STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite | Variation de l’oiseau de feu: rehearsal 9 to end
- RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 | 3rd mvt.: measure 6 to 5 measures after rehearsal 48
E-FLAT CLARINET Additional excerpts for E-flat clarinet:
- BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique | Last movement (all)
- RAVEL Bolero
BASS CLARINET Additional excerpts for bass clarinet:
- RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe
- GROFE Grand Canyon Suite
Bassoon (bassoon excerpts – download; contrabassoon excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- MOZART Marriage of Figaro | Overture: Beginning to measure 24 and measures 156-171
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 2nd mvt.: measure 274 to the end
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade | 2nd mvt.: measure 5 to rehearsal A
- STRAVINSKY Rite of Spring | Beginning to 3 after rehearsal 3
- RAVEL Bolero (all)
Horn (horn-4-excerpts-2019; asst. principal/3rd horn excerpts – download) Solo: Mozart Concerto No.2, mvt. 1 Exposition OR All horn auditions will include Mozart Concerto No. 4, mvt. 1 Exposition, plus:
Asst. Pr. Horn, Horn 3
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 | Horn 2 in F: measures 45-78
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 | Horn 1 in F: Andante solo, beginning measure 28
- STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel | Horn 1 in F: Beginning to Reh 1
- STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben | Horn 2: four after [3] to two after [5], Horn 1: one before [78] to one after [79]
- WAGNER Götterdämmerung | Horn 1 in F: Act 1: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Vivace
Horn 4
- STRAUSS Horn 1 | Opening of Ein Heldenleben to Rehearsal [2]
- STOSTAKOVICH Horn 2 | Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt Reh [17] to [21]
- BEETHOVEN Horn 4 | Symphony No. 9, 3rd mvt., measures 82 – 100
- MENDELSSOHN Horn 4 | Symphony No. 3, 2nd mvt. 4 measures before Reh [F] to 2 measures after Reh [G]
- MAHLER Horn 4 | Symphony No. 3, 1st mvmt., pick-up to [55] – 5 measures before [57]
Trumpet (trumpet excerpts – download)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL Pictures At An Exhibition | Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle: Opening solo, rehearsal 58
- SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 | 1st mvt.: rehearsal 27 to 29
- STRAVINSKY Petrushka | Dance of the Ballerina
- MAHLER Symphony No. 5 | 1st mvt.: opening
- RESPIGHI Pines of Rome | Offstage solo
Trombone / Bass Trombone (Trombone – Bass Trombone2019)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- MOZART Requiem | Tuba Mirum solo
- TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4 | 4th mvt.: 9 measures after rehearsal A to B
- WAGNER Die Walkure
- RAVEL Bolero | 2 measures after rehearsal 10 to 11
Excerpts for bass trombone:
- HAYDN The Creation | No. 26
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 | 4th mvt.: Andante maestoso
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 4th mvt.: 9 measures after rehearsal A to 9 before B
- WAGNER Die Walkure
Tuba (tuba excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL Pictures At an Exhibition – Bydlo
- WAGNER Die Walkure
- HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses | 2nd mvt.: 4 measures before M to P
- PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 | 1st mvt. rehearsal 3 to 6
Harp (harp excerpt – download)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker | Cadenza
- BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique | Un Bal
- RAVEL Tzigane | Cadenza: 4-5
- BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra | 4th mvt.: measures 42-58
- VERDI Forza del Destino Overture
- DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor | Act I cadenza
Timpani (timpani excerpts – download)
- FIRTH The Solo Timpanist, Etude XI
- BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra | 4th mvt. bars 42-51
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 | 1st mvt.: measures 89-110. 4th mvt.: measure 409-end
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 | 1st mvt.: measures 68-91. 4th mvt.: measure 375-end
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 | 1st mvt.: 18 bars before S to end
- HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis | 2nd mvt.
- MOZART Magic Flute Overture (all)
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 1st mvt.: 2 bars before T to U
Percussion (percussion excerpts – download)
- Snare Drum
- LONG ROLL EXERCISE | Start pp, gradually cresendo to a fermata ff, then gradually diminuendo to pp (30 seconds approx.)
- DELECLUSE from Douze Etudes | Etude #1
- PROKOFIEV Lieutenant Kije | 1st mvt. (The Birth of Kije): rehearsal 1 to 2
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade | 3rd mvt.: rehearsal D to E and F to G. 4th mvt.: rehearsal P to U (condense rests before S)
- Marimba: Solo or etude of your choice (two or four mallets)
- Xylophone: GERSHWIN Porgy & Bess
- Glockenspiel: DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | Rehearsal 17-20, rehearsal 22-24, rehearsal 52-53
- Cymbals: CRASH EXERCISE A series of crashes, in crescendo from pp to ff
- Tambourine: DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
Piano (orchestral keyboard excerpts – download)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (“Mambo”)
- Copland Appalachian Spring (7-10)
- Stravinsky Petrouchka (“Danse Russe”: 64-73)
