El Paso Symphony Orchestra Audition Requirements April 29, 2018 CONCERTMASTER: 1. Solo: exposition from standard concerto 2. Orchestral solos: prepare all solo passages from the indicated pieces Brahms, Symphony No. 1 Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: No. 5 Pas de Deux, part II No. 13 Danse des Cygnes, part V (Black & White Swan solos) Strauss, Ein Heldenleben Beethoven, Missa Solemnis 3. Orchestral excerpts: prepare bracketed sections Mendelssohn, Scherzo from A Midsummer Night s Dream Beginning to 7 measures after rehearsal D Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2, 2 nd movement 15 measures after rehearsal 32 to downbeat of rehearsal 34 Mozart, Symphony No. 39, K. 543 2 nd movement: beginning to measure 27 4 th movement: beginning through measure 41 Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, 1 st movement Measures 70 to 116 Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, 3 rd movement Measures 99 through 114 R. Strauss, Don Juan Beginning to 13 measures after C VIOLIN (2 nd Principal, 2 nd Assistant Principal and Section): 1. Solo: exposition from standard concerto 2. Orchestral excerpts: prepare bracketed sections from 1 st violin parts Mendelssohn, Scherzo from A Midsummer Night s Dream Beginning to 7 measures after rehearsal D Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2, 2 nd movement 15 measures after rehearsal 32 to downbeat of rehearsal 34 Mozart, Symphony No. 39, K. 543 2 nd movement: beginning to measure 27 4 th movement: beginning through measure 41 Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, 1 st movement Measures 70 to 116 Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, 3 rd movement Measures 99 through 114 R. Strauss, Don Juan Beginning to 13 measures after C
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Audition Requirements April 29, 2018 SECTION VIOLA: 1. Solo - exposition standard viola concerto and an unaccompanied Bach if needed 2. Orchestral excerpts: (prepare bracketed section) Rossini La Gazza Ladra Brahms Sym. #4 R. Strauss Don Juan Beethoven Sym. #5 Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Mozart Sym. #35 ("Haffner") Tchaikovsky Sym. #5 Mvt. 3 Valse
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Audition Requirements April 29, 2018 CONTRABASS 1. Solo Exposition from standard bass concerto 2. Orchestral Excerpts: prepare bracketed sections Brahms, Symphony No. 1 1 st movement: measures 161 through 189 Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 1 st movement: measures 184 through 219 Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 1 st movement: rehearsal M through 2 measures before N R. Strauss, Don Juan Beginning to rehearsal B Mozart, Overture from The Marriage of Figaro Measures 1 through 24 R. Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel s Merry Pranks Rehearsal 5 to Rehearsal 6
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El Paso Symphony Orchestra Audition Requirements April 29, 2018 Principal Trumpet J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Credo: Measure 29 through the End Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Offstage trumpet Barto k: Concerto for Orchestra Movement II: Measure 90 to m. 147 Movement V: Measure 211 to m. 256 Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition Beginning through 3 measures after reh. 5 Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle: Rehearsal 58 through 4 measures after reh. 62 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 Movement I: 13 measures after reh. H to reh. I Movement I: Measure 513 through the End Movement IV: 11 th measure of reh. P to the end Gershwin: Piano Concerto, Movt 2: bar 5 to figure 1 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Movement I: Beginning through 11 measures after reh. 36 Respighi: Pines of Rome Movement I: Beginning through 16 measures after reh. 9 Movement 2: Tromba interna part: 8 measures after reh. 10 for 10 measures Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947 version) Third Part: 1 measure before reh. 134 to reh. 167 Third Part: reh. 265 to reh. 267 R. Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 Movement I: m. 1 to m. 14 Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor Movement I: Beginning through 17 measures after reh. 19
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Audition Requirements April 2018 2nd BASSOON: 1. Solo Mozart Concerto for Bassoon K.191 mvt. 1 (exposition) 2. Orchestral excerpts: (prepare bracketed section) From Bassoon II parts unless otherwise noted* Bartok Concerto for Orchestra mvt. 2 (mm. 8-25 & 164-181) Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique mvt. 4 (rehearsal number 52 through 2 measures after 53) mvt. 5 (8 after rehearsal number 63 through 5 measures after 64) Brahms Symphony No. 2 mvts. 2 & 4 (all) Brahms Violin Concerto in DM, Op. 77 mvt. 2 (mm. 1-33) Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture (mm. 1-25 & 139-172) Ravel Piano Concerto in G mvt. 3 (*play both first and second parts from 2 measures before rehearsal 14 through 1 measure after 16)