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.