AUDITION EXCERPTS

PRINCIPAL CLARINET Live audition on 7 & 8 February 2018

Set Repertoire

MOZART Clarinet concerto in A major (1st

& 2nd

movements)

DEBUSSY Première Rhapsodie (beginning until 8 bars after figure 6)

Orchestral Excerpts

BARTOK Miraculous Mandarin

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8

BRAHMS Symphony No.4

GINASTERA Variaciones Concertantes

KODALY Dances of Galanta

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream

RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2

RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe

RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin

RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.9

STRAUSS Oboe Concerto

STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919)

TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No.4

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6

TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca Da Rimini

Please note: sight reading and/or section playing may also be requested

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BARTOK: Miraculous Mandarin (1 excerpt)

Clarinet 1 in A

3

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (1 & 2 of 4 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in B-flat

Excerpt 1 - Movement 1

Excerpt 2 - Movement 1

4

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (3 & 4 of 4 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in B-flat

Excerpt 3 - Movement 2

Excerpt 4 - Movement 3

5

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 – Movement 3 (1 excerpt)

Clarinet 1 in B-flat

6

BRAHMS: Symphony No.4 – Movement 2 (1 excerpt)

Clarinet 1 in A

7

GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes – Variation 4 (1 excerpt)

Clarinet 1 in B-flat

8

GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes – Variation 4 cont.

9

KODALY: Dances of Galanta (1 of 2 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in A

Excerpt 1

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KODALY: Dances of Galanta (2 of 2 excerpts)

Excerpt 2

11

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.3 - Movement 2 (1 excerpt)

Clarinet 1 in B

12

MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Scherzo (2 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in B-flat

Excerpt 1 – Scherzo (88 bpm)

Excerpt 2 – Scherzo (88 bpm)

13

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2 – Movement 3 (1 excerpt)

Clarinet 1 in A

14

RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No.2 (1 of 2 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in A

Excerpt 1

15

RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No.2 (2 of 2 excerpts)

Excerpt 2

16

RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No.2 (2 of 2 excerpts)

Excerpt 2 cont.

17

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin (2 of 2 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in A

Excerpt 1 - Movement 2

Excerpt 2 - Movement 4

18

RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome – Movement 3 (1 excerpt)

Clarinet 1 in A

19

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.9 (1 of 2 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in A

Excerpt 1 – Movement 2

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SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.9 (2 of 2 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in A

Excerpt 2 – Movement 3

21

STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto – Movement 1 (1 of 2 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in B-flat

Excerpt 1

22

STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto – Movement 1 (2 of 2 excerpts)

Excerpt 2

23

STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919): Variation de L’Oiseau de Feu (1 excerpt)

Clarinet 1 in A

24

TCHAIKOVKSY: Suite No.4 “Mozartiana” – Movement 4 (2 of 2 excerpt)

Clarinet in C

Excerpt 1

Excerpt 2

25

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.6 – Movement 1 (2 of 2 excerpts)

Clarinet 1 in A

Excerpt 1

Excerpt 2

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TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini (1 excerpt)

Clarinet 1 in A

END OF ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS