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Violin (download excerpts – 332 kb)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- MOZART Symphony No. 35 | 1st mvt.: measure 15 to 3 measures after A
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. #3 | Scherzo (all)
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 | 1st mvt.: Beginning to B
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Beginning to 13 measures after C
- PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony | 4th mvt.: Beginning to 9 measures after B
Additional excerpts for Concertmaster:
Not included in download – request by email
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 | 2nd movement
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade | All solos
- STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben | All solos
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Viola (download excerpts – 244 kb)
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
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Cello (download excerpts – 292 kb)
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
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Bass (download excerpts – 152 kb)
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
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Flute / Piccolo (download excerpts – 148 kb)
A 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
Additional excerpts for piccolo:
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 3rd mvt. measure 162-170, measure 194-203
- ROSSINI Semiramide (all)
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Oboe / English Horn (download excerpts – 192 kb)
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
Additional excerpts for English horn:
- DVORAK Symphony No. 9 | 2nd mvt.: measure 7 to 3 measures before rehearsal 1
- BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture | Solo
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Clarinet (download excerpts – 160 kb)
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
Additional excerpts for E-flat clarinet:
- SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6 | Scherzo
- BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique | Last movement (all)
- RAVEL Bolero
Additional excerpts for bass clarinet:
- SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto | Scherzo
- RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe
- GROFE Grand Canyon Suite
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Bassoon (download excerpts – 168 kb)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- MOZART Marriage of Figaro | Overture: Beginning to measure 24 and measures 156-17
- 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)
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Horn (download excerpts – 248 kb)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 | 1st mvt.: measures 88 to 110
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 1st mvt.: beginning to measure 20
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 | Andante solo, beginning to measure 28
- STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel | Beginning to rehearsal 1
- MAHLER Symphony No. 1 | 1st mvt.: 5 measures before rehearsal 3 to rehearsal 3,
7 measures before rehearsal 26 to 27. 3rd mvt.: rehearsal 3 to rehearsal 4. 4th mvt.:
rehearsal 6 to four after 6
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Trumpet (download excerpts – 128 kb)
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
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Trombone / Bass Trombone (download excerpts – 184 kb)
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
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Tuba (download excerpts – 140 kb)
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
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Harp (request excerpts by email)
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
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Timpani (download excerpts – 224 kb) |
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- 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
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Percussion (download excerpts – 732 kb)
- 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
- PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 | 2nd and 4th mvts. (all)
- 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
- SCHUMAN Symphony No. 3 | Measures 230-244
- SHOSTAKOVICH Polka from The Golden Age
- Glockenspiel
- DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | Rehearsal 17-20, rehearsal 22-24, rehearsal 52-53
- MOZART The Magic Flute
- Cymbals
- RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 | 3rd mvt.: rehearsal 32 to 33
- TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo & Juliet
- CRASH EXERCISE A series of crashes, in crescendo from pp to ff
- Bass Drum
- TCHAIKOVSKY Sym # 4 | 4th mvt.: measure 272 to end
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
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