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Posted by Steve Dedman on February 25, 2002 at 00:03:23:

In Reply to: Excerpt List posted by Eric on February 24, 2002 at 21:07:18:

Here are some lists I've collected over the last couple of years:

Boston 2001:

AUDITION REPERTOIRE
Preliminaries/Semi-finals/Finals

I. Solos (need not be memorized)
Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 (c minor) - Sarabande
Vaughn Williams: Tuba Concerto - mvmts I & II

II. Orchestra Passages
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture - 16 to 5 after 19
Berlioz: Symphonie Fanastique - mvmts IV & V (tuba I)
Gershwin: An American in Paris - 4 after 67 to 68
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - mvmt III: 4 before 3 to 4
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 - mvmt V: 10 to 11
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 - mvmt I: 3 to 6
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - 1 after 62 to 2 after 65
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie - 2 after 25 to 26 ; 145 to end (tuba I)
Stravinsky: Petroushka (1911) - 3 after 100 to 4 after 101 ; 121 to 122
Wagner: Die Meistersinger - Act I Prelude: J to L
Wagner: Die Walküre - Act III Ride of the Walküre (B major): mm 125 to 142

III. Orchestra Passages With Section
(Those candidates in the final round may be asked to play these passages with BSO members as part of the audition.)
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem - mvmt II: 11 after L to M
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - mvmt IV: O to end
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 - mvmt IV: mm 1 to 40
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis - mvmt II: 4 after L to 2 after P
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 - mvmt II: 6 after O to 4 before Q; 13 after CC to FF
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 - mvmt III, mvmt IV: L to M

IV. Sight Reading

Chicago Civic 2002:
Tuba
Solo: Two minute excerpt of a solo of your choice. Please provide copy of solo for audition panel.

Excerpts:
Berlioz, Romeo and Juliet, recitative
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique
Mahler, Symphony No. 1
Mahler, Symphony No. 6
R. Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra
R. Straus, Ein Heldenleben
Stravinsky, Petrouchka
Wagner, Eine Faust Overture
Wagner, Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
Wagner, Die Meistersinger, Overture (Prelude)
Wagner, Die Walkûre, Ride of the Valkyries
Sight reading may be asked at time of audition

Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestra Tuba Competition (ITEC)

Berlioz - Overture to King Lear: 3rd bar of #21 to 4th bar of #23
Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique: #84 to the end (Tuba I)
Berlioz - Romeo & Juliet: 19th bar of #3 to 26th bar of #4
Berlioz - Hungarian March: #20 to 2nd bar of #21
Prokofiev - Symphony #5: #3 to 2nd bar before #6
Prokofiev - Symphony #5: 2nd bar before #23 to #25
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel: 8th bar of #36 to 16th bar of #37
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben: 6th bar of #63 to 2nd bar of #65
Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger: letter J to letter L
Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries: measures 125 to 142

Louisville 2002:

Solo:

Vaughn Williams Tuba Concerto Mvt. I

Excerpts:

Wagner Meistersinger Prelude
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels
Wagner Prelude to Act III Lohengrin
Gershwin An American in Paris
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Tuba I
Berlioz Le Corsaire
Benvenuto Cellini: Overture
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
Mahler Symphony No. 2; Last Movement: Rehearsal #10 to #11
Symphony No. 6; Last Movement: No. 104 to 3rd bar of No. 107 (no need to
count all rests)
No. 163 to 5th bar of No. 164
No. 165 to 4th bar of 166 (no need to
count all rests)

Met Audition Circa 1999 or so:

Wagner:
Overture to the opera Die Meistersinger
Die Meistersinger Act III
Siegfried Act I Prelude, Act II Prelude
Die Walkure Act III Scene I (The Ride)
Die Walkure Act III Scene I (End) Scene II (Beginning)
Das Rheingold Scene III, IV
Lohengin Act III Prelude
Fliegende Hollander Overture
Fliegende Hollander Act I No. 2
Tannhauser Overture
Tannhauser Scene I
Eine Faust Overture

Strauss: Salome Scene III, IV
Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila Act I Scene II (ophecleide 2)
Britten: Peter Grimes Act II

Berlioz:
Damnation of Faust- Hungarian March
Symphonie Fantastique Mvt. IV, V

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 mvt I
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Verdi: Rigoletto Act III
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Mahler: Symphony 1 Mvt. 3

New Mexico:

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Concerto for Bass Tuba Mvt. 1: Beginning to #3
Mvt. 2: Beginning to #3

Excerpts from the following orchestral works:

BERLIOZ Overture to Le Corsaire Reh #5 to 9 after #5, 4 after #12 to #13

Symphonie Fantastique
Mvt. 4: #56 to 6 after #57
Mvt. 5: 7 after #66 to 20 after #68, #84 to end

GERSHWIN An American in Paris 4 after #67 to #68

HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis Turandot Scherzo:
5 after L to O, 11 after Q to T

MAHLER Symphony No. 1 Mvt 3 solo

Symphony No. 5 Scherzo, (movt 3) complete

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
Mvt 1: #3 to #6,1 before #14 to 2 after #17, 2 before #23 to #24
Mvt. 4: #94 to #95,1 before #98 to 5 after #98, 4 before #108 to 3 after #108

STRAUSS Ein Helden leben #8 to #9
#62 to #75(no mute)

STRAVINSKY Petrouchka #189 to #191

WAGNER Die Meistersinger:Overture
Beginning to A, J to L

Ride of the Valkyries

San Francisco Prelim Tape (current)

Benvenuto Cellini #16-5 of #19
Gershwin: American in Paris 4 bars after reh #67-68
Holst: The Planets: Jupiter
Mahler: Sym. no.1 (III);
Mahler no.6: 4th movement
Mussorgsky: Pictures; Bydlo
Prokofiev #5: 1st mvt
Respighi: Fountains
Strauss: Heldenleben 1 after #62- 2 after #65
Stravinsky (1911) Bear solo
Wagner: Meistersinger solo; Walkure "Ride"

Section:
Bruckner #8: Haas version 4th mvt
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler; Symphonic Metam.
Tchaik #6 3rd and 4th mvt
Prokofiev: Kije
Kodaly: Hary Janos
Brahms: Symph. no.2
Verdi: Nabucco Overture

Seattle:

The Damnation of Faust, Berlioz
Romeo and Juliet, Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz
Symphony No. 7, Brunker
An American in Paris, Gershwin
Symphonic Metamorphosis, Hindemith
Symphony No. I, Mahler
Symphony No. V, Mahler
Symphony No. 5, Prokofiev
Fountains of Rome, Respighi
Sensemaya, Revueltas
Also Sprach Zarathustra pt. I and II, Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonia, Strauss
Petrouchka, Stravinsky
Das Rheingold(Walhall), Wagner
Die Meistersinger, Wagner
Die Walkure, Wagner
Intro. to Act III Lohengrin, Wagner

It's a start...

SD


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