Auditions Guaranda International Music Festival 2020
All instruments must include 2 things:
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4 minutes of an important piece for your instrument, which shows musicality and technique. Except for percussion.
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Orchestral passages.
Fiddle
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R. STRAUSS: Don Juan, op. 20 (m. 1 to 14 after C)
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (3rd Mvt. 99 - 114)
Viola
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (2nd Mvt. M. 1 to C)
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo, first page)
Cello
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R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 (m. 1 to 5 after test 2)
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (2nd Mvt. M. 1 to A)
Double bass
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (3rd Mvt. M. 1 to 5 after A & Trio until 23 after B)
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WA Mozart: Symphony No. 40, mvt. I, from bar 114-138 and bar 191-220
Flute
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Debussy: Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune (principle & 2-3)
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)
Oboe
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Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude & Menuet)
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Rossini: Overture to La Scala di Seta (m. 1 to essay 3)
Clarinet
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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8, op. 93 (III mov. Trio, with repetition)
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)
Bassoon
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Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro (ms. 139 - 171)
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (2nd Mvt., M. 5 to A & L to M)
French horn
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (1st Mvt., 17-21)
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Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (m. 1 to 1)
Trumpet
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (1st Mvt. M. 1 to 6 after 1)
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (1st Mvt., 27-29)
Trombone
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Berlioz: Hungarian March (Rakoczy) (6 before 4 through 5 [2nd trb.])
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Ravel: Boléro (10 to 11)
Bass Trombone
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Haydn: The Creation (No. 26, m. 1 to C)
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Schumann: Symphony, No. 3, IV mvt. m. 1-23
Euphonium
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Glinka arr. by Henning, Russlan and Ludmilla overture m.1 to 16 after # 1.
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Grainger, Colonial Song m. 21-45
T uba
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, I mvt. m. 27-51
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Berlioz: Hungarian March (Rakoczy) (4 to 5)
Percussion
Marimba
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Pick a piece that shows musicality and technique. Not more than 4 minutes
Timpani
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (I Mvt. M.1 to A & 18 before S to the end)
Drum
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Spanish Capriccio (IV Mvt. M.1 to M)
Dishes
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Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Support materials for auditions:
https://www.stringexcerpts.com/
https://www.woodwindexcerpts.com/
https://www.brassexcerpts.com/
https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page