Posted by Michael Stephan on February 02, 2004 at 00:57:40:
In Reply to: Orchestra Excerpts posted by member on January 31, 2004 at 23:03:34:
Here are the exerpts Ive studies while in college.. I think people will agree that these are pretty standard;
Orchestral performed in concert (as well as studied):
• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (1st,2nd), Romeo and Juliet
• Bruckner: 4th Symphony
• Hindemith: Symphonic metamorphoses
• Holst: Planets
• Prokofiev: 5th and 7th Symphony, Romeo and Juliet
• Respighi: Pines of Rome
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
• Stravinsky: Rite of Spring(1st,2nd), Petrouschka
• Tchaikovsky: 4th and 5th Symphony, Romeo and Juliet
Orchestral excerpts studied (not performed in concert):
• Bartok: Concerto for orchestra
• Berlioz: Damnation of Faust
• Bruckner: 7th symphony
• Mahler: 1st, 2nd, 5th Symphony
• Prokofiev: Cinderella,
• Respighi: Fountains of Rome
• Strauss: Also Sprach, Ein Helden Leben, Till Euelenspeigel
• Wagner: Die Walkurie (the ride), Eine Faust, Meistersinger