Audition Concertos

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61
• Johannes Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
• Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
• Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219
• Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35

Orchestral Excerpts

• Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 9, Adagio
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Matthäuspassion, Aria No. 39 ‘Erbarme Dich’
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 39 K. 543, 4th Mvt (Finale – Allegro)
• Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20

Audition Concertos

• Carl Stamitz, Concerto in D major, op. 1
• Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Concerto in D major
• Béla Bartók, Viola Concerto op. posth.
• Paul Hindemith, ‘Der Schwanendreher’

Orchestral Excerpts

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 op. 67, 2nd Mvt (Andante con moto)
• Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, 2nd Mvt (Andante quasi Allegretto)
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ein Sommernachtstraum, 1st Mvt (Scherzo – Allegro vivace)
• Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Cloe (2me Suite)
• Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20

Audition Concertos

• Joseph Haydn, Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIb:1
• Joseph Haydn, Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb:2
• Antonín Dvořák, Concerto in B minor, op. 104
• Robert Schumann, Concerto in A minor, op. 129

Orchestral Excerpts

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 op. 67, 2nd Mvt (Andante con moto)
• Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2, 2nd Mvt
• Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 7, 1st Mvt (Allegro moderato)
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 4, 1st Mvt (con molto comodo)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro K. 492, Ouverture (Presto)
• Bedrich Smetana, Die verkaufte Braut, Ouverture (Vivacissimo)
• Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20

Audition Concertos

• Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Double Bass Concerto in E major
• Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Double Bass Concerto in E-flat major
• Giovanni Bottesini, Double Bass Concerto No.2 in B minor
• Serge Koussevitzky, Double Bass Concerto in F-sharp minor, op.3

Orchestral Excerpts

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 op.125, 4th Mvt (Presto)
• Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 7, 1st Mvt (Allegro moderato)
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1, 3rd Mvt (Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen)
• Giuseppe Verdi, Othello, 4th Act (Poco più mosso)
• Richard Wagner, Die Walküre, 1st Act Prelude und 1st Scene (langsam)

Audition Concertos

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto in G major, K. 313
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto in D major, K. 314

Orchestral Excerpts | Flute

• George Bizet, Carmen, 3rd Act, 1st Scene (Prélude)
• Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 4th Mvt (Più Andante)
• Claude Debussy, Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune (Très modéré)
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Matthäuspassion, Aria “Aus Liebe soll mein Heiland sterben”
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 9, 1st Mvt (Lento, Misterioso)
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ein Sommernachtstraum op.61, Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
• Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé, 2ème Suite, Très lent
• Richard Strauss, Tod und Verklärung op. 24 (Largo)

Orchestral Excerpts | Piccolo (optional)

• Maurice Ravel, Ma Mère l‘Oye, 3rd Mvt (Mouvement de Marche)
• Gioachino Rossini, La scala di seta/Die seidene Leiter, Ouverture (Allegro)
• Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 8, 4th Mvt (Largo)
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 op. 36, 3rd Mvt, Scherzo (Allegro – Meno mosso)

Audition Concertos

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314
• Richard Strauss, Oboe Concerto in D major

Orchestral Excerpts | Oboe

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symohony No. 3 ‘Eroica’ op. 55, 2nd Mvt – Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) + 3rd Mvt – Scherzo (Allegro vivace and Trio)
• Johannes Brahms, Violin Concerto op. 77, 2nd Mvt (Adagio)
• Gioachino Rossini, La scala di seta/Die seidene Leiter, Ouverture
• Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 9 D 944, 2nd Mvt (Andante)
• Robert Schumann, Symohony No. 2, 3rd Mvt (Adagio espressivo)
• Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, 2nd Mvt (Andantino)
• Richard Wagner, Parsifal, 3rd Act, Karfreitagszauber

Orchestral Excerpts | Cor Anglais (optional)

• Bela Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, 1st Mvt + 4th Mvt
• Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 op. 95, 2nd Mvt (Largo)
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 3rd Mvt
• Arnold Schoenberg, Pelleas and Melisande
• Igor Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps, 1st Part, Introduction (Lento)

Audition Concertos

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
• Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F minor, op. 73
• Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No.2 in E-flat major, op. 74

Orchestral Excerpts | Klarinette

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 4, op. 60, 2nd Mvt (Adagio)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 op. 68 ‘Pastorale’, 1st + 2nd Mvt
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 7, 2nd Mvt (Allegro)
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ein Sommernachtstraum op. 61, Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
• Sergei Prokofiev, Peter und der Wolf op. 67 (Nervoso)
• Giacomo Puccini, Toska, 3rd Act (Andante lento appassionato molto)
• Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 9 op. 70, 3rd Mvt (Presto)
• Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 7 D 759, 2nd Mvt (Andante con moto)

Orchestral Excerpts | E-flat Clarinet (optional)

• Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, 5th Mvt – Witches’ Sabbath (Allegro) (Allegro)
• Maurice Ravel, Bolero
• Igor Stravinsky , Le Sacre du Printemps, 1st Part – L‘adoration de la terre
• Anton Webern, 6 Stücke für Orchester op. 6a, (Langsam, Marcia funebre)

Orchestral Excerpts | Bass-Clarinet (optional)

• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 6, 1st Mvt
• Dmitri Shostakovich, Concerto for Violin No. 1 op. 77/99, 2nd Mvt Scherzo (Allegro)
• Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 8 op. 65, 5th Mvt (Allegretto)
• Richard Strauss, Don Quixote op. 35

Audition Concertos

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191 (186e)
• Carl Maria von Weber, Concerto in F major, op. 75

Orchestral Excerpts | Bassoon

• Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 88, 1st + 4th Mvt
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro, Overture
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow, Scheherazade op. 35, 2nd Mvt (Andantino)
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, 1st-3rd Mvt

Orchestral Excerpts | Contrabassoon (optional)

• Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 3, 1st Mvt (Allegro con brio un poco sostenuto) + 4th Mvt (Allegro)
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 9, 2nd+4th Mvt
• Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos, 3rd Act 2nd Scene (Largo)

Audition Concertos

• Richard Strauss, Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, op. 11
• Hermann Neuling, Bagatelle for Low Horn

Orchestral Excerpts | High Horn

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’, Trio
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 9, 1st Mvt
• Franz Schubert, Symohony No. 8, 1st Mvt (Andante)
• Richard Strauss, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche op. 28
• Richard Strauss, Ein Heldenleben op. 40
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, 2nd Mvt

Orchestral Excerpts | Low Horn

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’, Trio
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 op. 125, 3rd Mvt (Adagio molto e cantabile)
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 9, 1st Mvt
• Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 8, 1st Mvt (Andante)
• Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 op. 47, 1st Mvt (Moderato)
• Richard Wagner, Rienzi, 1st Act, 4th Scene (Finale – Maestoso)

Audition Concertos

• Joseph Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Hob.VIIe:1
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Trumpet Concerto in E major

Orchestral Excerpts

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Signal from Overture Leonora No. 2 op. 72
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Signal aus Overture Leonora No. 3 op. 72
• Georges Bizet, Carmen, Prelude (Andante moderato)
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5, 1st Mvt (Trauermarsch)
• Maurice Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major, 1st Mvt
• Richard Strauss, Don Juan
• Igor Stravinsky, Petrouchka (version 1947)
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, 4th Mvt (Allegro vivace)

Audition Concertos

• Ferdinand David, Trombone Concertino, op. 4
• Launy Grøndahl, Trombone Concerto (1924)

Orchestral Excerpts

• Alban Berg, 3 Stücke für Orchester op. 6 Nr. 3 (Marsch)
• Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 3, 1st Mvt
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem K. 626, Tuba mirum (Andante)
• Maurice Ravel, Bolero

Audition Concerto

• Ernst Sachse, Concerto in F major – 1st + 2nd mvt

Orchestral Excerpts

• Joseph Haydn, Die Schöpfung, No. 26 Chor (Vivace)
• Ottorino Respighi, Fontane di Roma
• Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 3, 4th Mvt (Feierlich)
• Igor Stravinsky, Petruschka, 2nd Tableau (Les Déguisés)

Audition Concerto

• Ralph Vaughan Williams, Tuba Concerto
  • 1st mvt: Beginning to Fig. 5
  • 2nd mvt: Beginning to Fig. 3
  • 3rd mvt: Beginning to Fig. 4

Orchestral Excerpts

• Ottorino Respighi, Fontane di Roma
• Igor Stravinsky, Petroushka, 4th Picture (A bear and a man playing the pipe)
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, 1st Mvt (Moderato con anima) + 4th Mvt (Allegro con fuoco)
• Richard Wagner, Lohengrin, 3rd Act, Prelude (Sehr lebhaft)
• Richard Wagner, Siegfried, 2nd Act, Prelude (Träg und schleppend)

Audition Concerto

• Georg Friedrich Händel, Concerto in B-flat major op.4, No. 6, HWV 294, (without repeats)

Orchestral Excerpts

• Bela Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, 4th Mvt
• Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana, Prelude and Sicilana
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, 2nd Act, No. 13
• Giuseppe Verdi, La forza del destino (Overture)

– no solo piece required –

Timpani

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, 1st Mvt
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, from the 1st Mvt
• Richard Hochrainer, Study for Timpani, No. 58
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte, Overture

Snare Drum

• Mitchell Peters, Advanced Snare Drum Studies – Study No. 9
• Sergei Prokofiev, Peter und der Wolf
• Maurice Ravel, Bolero (ca. 1 minute)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, 3rd + 4th movement

Tambourine

• Sebastian Schmid, Tamburille – Study for Tambourine

Cymbals

• Sight reading excercise

Glockenspiel

• Igor Stravinsky, Petrouchka

Xylophone

• Guido Facchin, Etüde No. XXI
• Igor Stravinsky, Petrouchka