Audition repertoire

FLUTE

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Concerto in G major, K. 313: I movement (with cadenza) or
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Concerto in D major, K. 314: I movement (with cadenza).

Orchestral excerpts

Flute (please click here to open the scores)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Leonora Overture No. 3, Op. 72b: Introduction & Solo;
Maurice Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé;
Richard Strauss – Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils and
Igor Stravinsky – Jeu de cartes.

Piccolo (optional)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125: movt. IV and
Gioachino Rossini – Semiramide: Overture.

OBOE

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314: I movement (with cadenza).

Orchestral excerpts

Oboe

Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin;
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, WAB 105: movt. II;
Gioachino Rossini – La scala di seta;
Richard Strauss – Don Juan and
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: movt. II.

Cor anglais

Antonín Dvořák– Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95: movt. II and
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major: movt. II.

CLARINET

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: I movement.

Orchestral excerpts

Clarinet

Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3 in F major: movt. II;
Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo;
Zoltán Kodály – Dances of Galanta and
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor ‘Pathétique’, Op. 74: movt. I.

E-flat clarinet (optional)

Hector Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique;
Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche and
Igor Stravinsky – Oedipus rex.

Bass clarinet (optional)

Antonín Dvořák – The Noonday Witch and
Richard Strauss – Don Quixote.

BASSOON

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191: I movement (with cadenza).

Orchestral excerpts

Bassoon

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60: movt. IV;
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 in A minor ‘Scottish’, Op. 56: movt. II;
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70: movt. IV;
Bedřich Smetana – The Bartered Bride: Overture;
Igor Stravinsky – L’Oiseau de feu: Berceuse and
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor ‘Pathétique’, Op. 74: movt. I.

Contrabassoon (optional)

Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l’Oye and
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 4 in G major: movt. I.

FRENCH HORN

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447: I movement (with cadenza).

Orchestral excerpts (the candidate can choose between high and low horn)

French horn (high)

Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: movt. II;
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 9 in D major: movt. I;
Gioachino Rossini – Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture;
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: movt. I and
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944: movt. I.

French horn (low)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125: movt. III;
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: movt. I;
Richard Strauss – Don Quixote: Variation VIII and
Igor Stravinsky – Le Sacre du printemps: Les Augures Printaniers & Danse de la Terre.

TRUMPET

Franz Joseph Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major: I movement (with cadenza).

Orchestral excerpts

Trumpet

Georges Bizet – Carmen: Prelude;
Benjamin Britten – Four Sea Interludes: Sunday Morning;
George Gershwin – Concerto in F: movt. II;
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 5: movt. I;
Igor Stravinsky – Petroushka (1947): Danse de la ballerine and
Richard Wagner – Parsifal: Prelude.

TROMBONE (the candidate can choose between tenor and bass trombone)

Tenor trombone

Ferdinand David – Concertino for trombone and piano in E-flat major, Op. 4: I movement.

Orchestral excerpts

Tenor trombone

Benjamin Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Var. L;
Gustav Holst – The Planets: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age;
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem: Tuba mirum;
Maurice Ravel – L’enfant et les sortilèges;
Gioachino Rossini – Guillaume Tell: Overture and
Camille Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor ‘Organ’, Op. 78: movt. I.

Bass trombone

Alexander Lebedev – Concerto in one movement or
Ernst Sachse – Concertino for bass trombone and piano.

Orchestral excerpts

Bass trombone

Béla Bartók – The Miraculous Mandarin;
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D major, Op. 125: movt. IV;
Benjamin Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Var. L;
Gioachino Rossini – Guillaume Tell: Overture and
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97, movt. IV.

PERCUSSION

Orchestral excerpts

Timpani

Béla Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra: movt. IV and
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125: movt. I.

Snare drum

Sergei Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé: Birth of Kijé and
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade: movt. IV.

Xylophone

Olivier Messiaen – Oiseaux exotiques and
Igor Stravinsky – L’Oiseau de feu.

Tambourine

Antonín Dvořák – Carnival overture.

Cymbal

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Romeo et Juliet.

VIOLIN

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216: I movement (with cadenza) or
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218: I movement (with cadenza) or
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219: I movement (with cadenza).

Orchestral excerpts

Violin

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125: movt. III;
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB. 109: movt. III;
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543: movt. IV;
Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 in D major ‘Classical’, Op. 25: movt. II and
Richard Strauss – Don Juan.

VIOLA

Carl Stamitz – Viola Concerto in D major, Op. 1: I movement (with cadenza) or
Franz Anton Hoffmeister – Viola Concerto in D major: I movement (with cadenza).

Orchestral excerpts

Viola

Béla Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra: movts. IV & V;
Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream;
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: movt. I;
Richard Strauss – Don Juan and
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor ‘Pathétique’, Op. 74: movt. I.

CELLO

Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major: I movement (with cadenza) or
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major: I movement (with cadenza).

Orchestral excerpts

Cello

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: movt. II;
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: movt. II;
Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream and
Richard Strauss – Ein Heldenleben.

DOUBLE BASS

Johann Baptist Vanhal – Double Bass Concerto: I movement (with cadenza) or
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in E major: I movement (with cadenza).

Orchestral excerpts

Double bass

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: movt. III;
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125: movt. IV;
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40, K. 550: movt. I and
Richard Strauss – Ein Heldenleben.

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