Audition Repertoire
Violin
- One movement of a standard concerto
- Two contrasting movements of a Bach sonata or partita or the Bach Chaconne
Viola
- One movement of a standard concerto
- Two contrasting movements of a violin sonata or cello suite by Bach
Cello
- One movement of a standard cello concerto
- Two contrasting movements of an unaccompanied suite by Bach
Bass
- 1st movement of a classical concerto (either Vanhal in C or D, or Dittersdorf)
OR
- 1st movement of Bottesini Concerto #2
AND
- Brahms 2nd symphony (2nd movement - 2 before letter C to 2 before letter D; pickup to 9 before letter F to 4 after letter F) and (4th movement - 8 before letter L to 2 before letter M)
- Tchaikovsky 6th symphony (3rd movement - pickup to 3 after letter H until letter K)
- Mendelssohn 4th symphony (1st movement - 22 before letter C to 43 after letter C)
- Mozart 39th symphony (1st movement - pickup to 16th bar of opening Allegro to letter C)
Flute
- Mozart: G Major concerto, first movement (exposition)
- Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo (solo)
- Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, third movement (solo)
- Stravinsky: Petrushka (cadenza)
Oboe
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1, third movement (opening solo)
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, third movement (40-48; 91-122, dotted half note = 108)
- Brahms: Symphony No. 2, third movement solo (opening - 31)
- Barret: Melody No. 18
- Ferling: Etude No. 4 A minor
Clarinet
- Mozart:Clarinet Concerto - first movement exposition, second movement through cadenza
- Brahms:Clarinet Quintet - first movement (opening to No. 1), and second movement (double bar after 1 through measure 5 after No. 4)
- Stravinsky: No. 2 of the Three Pieces
Bassoon
- Mozart: Concerto K. 191 (first movement exposition and second movement)
- Mozart: Marriage of Figaro (recapitulation)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (2nd movement final solo)
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (second movement and cadenzas)
- Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (opening)
Horn
- Mozart: Concerto No. 2 or 4, first & second movement (expositions)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, second movement (solo)
- Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (opening solo)
Piano
- First movement of a solo sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven
- One movement of any large solo romantic work
- Two contrasting movements of a major:
- string/wind piano sonata, performing the work with instrumentalist
OR
- any other chamber work, performing the work with full ensemble