Audition Repertoire
Violin
Beethoven: Symphony no. 3, 3rd mvt, Minuet
Brahms: Symphony no. 4, 1st mvt, bar 392 to end
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, bar 17 to 99
Strauss: Don Juan, bar 1 to 62
Viola
Beethoven: Symphony no.5, 2nd mvt, bar 1 to C
Debussy: La Mer, 2nd mvt, reh. no. 35 to 39
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, letter C to D
Mozart: Symphony no.35, 4th mvt, bar 134 to 181
Cello
Beethoven: Symphony no 5, 2nd mvt, bar 1 to C
Brahms: Symphony no. 2, 2nd mvt, bar 1 to A
Rossini: Wilhelm Tell Overture, solo, bar 1 to 34
Strauss: Don Juan, letter A to 10 bars after B
Double Bass
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5, 3rd mvt, bar 1 to 61 and 141 to 177
Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Var. H)
Mozart: Symphony no. 35, 1st mvt, bar 13 to 41
Strauss: Don Juan, letter R to T
Flute
Brahms: Symphony no. 4, 4th mvt, bar 97 to 105
Dvorak: Symphony no. 8, 4th mvt, letter D to E
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, 2 bars before letter P to end
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite #2, from reh. no. 176 to 2 bars after 179
Oboe
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, 3rd mvt, bar 63 to 106
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Prélude, beginning to reh. no. 2 and 8 to 9
Rossini: Overture La Scala di Seta, beginning to 3
Strauss: Don Juan, L to N
Clarinet
Beethoven: Symphony no. 6, 2nd mvt, letter D to E
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, mvts. 1 and 3
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 9, mvts. 2 and 3
Bassoon
Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, bar 1 to 24 & bar 156 to 171
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, bar 1 to 3 after 3
Ravel: Boléro, 2 to 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, 2nd mvt, last 31 bars
Horn
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9, 3rd mvt, Adagio (4th horn solo)
Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3, 2nd mvt, 4 bars before F to G (3rd horn)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, opening call (1st horn) AND 12th bar of rehearsal no. 28 to reh. no. 30 (1st horn)
Wagner: Siegfried, long call
Trumpet
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, opening
Mahler: Symphony no. 5, opening
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, solo
Stravinsky: Petrouchka, ballerina’s dance
Trombone
Mozart: Requiem (Tuba Mirum)
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra, overture, letter C, F & I
Ravel: Boléro, solo
Schumann: Symphony no. 3, IV mvt, opening (1st trombone)
Bass Trombone
Berlioz: Marche Hongroise, reh. no. 4 to 5
Wagner: Die Walküre, trombone call (4th trombone)
Schumann: Symphony no. 3, IV mvt., opening
Tuba
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, IV mvt, reh. no. 56 to 6 bars after 57 (1st Tuba)
Mahler: Symphony no. 1, III mvt, solo
Stravinksy: Petruschka, reh. No. 100 to 101
Wagner: Die Walküre, tuba call
Timpani
Beethoven: 9th Symphony - 1st mvt, 19th bar after R to the end
Tchaikovsky: 4th Symphony - 1st mvt, begin 2 bars before T to the third bar before U
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis - Turandot mvt, Solo, 5th measure after S to T and before Z to the end
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, last page, 189 to the end
