Orchestral Excerpt List Bassoon

This booklet contains excerpts of varying standards. Please pick the excerpt(s) you are most comfortable with and prepare to the best of your ability.

If you are preparing for entry into Junior Orchestra then please play ONE excerpt.

If you are preparing for entry into Senior or Symphony Orchestra then please play TWO excerpts.

If you would like to offer Contrabassoon as a doubling instrument please also prepare ONE relevant excerpt

We would encourage you to play these excerpts to your tutor prior to your audition.

Reproduced for NYOS Audition Purposes Only Orchestral Excerpts - Bassoon

For NYOS Audition Purposes Only

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 - 2nd Mvt., solo

Stravinsky: Firebird - Berceuse, solo Orchestral Excerpts - Bassoon

For NYOS Audition Purposes Only

Wagner: Tannhauser Overture - Soli

Bizet: Carmen - Entracte II, Solo Orchestral Excerpts - Bassoon

For NYOS Audition Purposes Only

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - 2nd Mvt., solo before A

Schubert: Symphony No. 3 - 3rd Mvt., Trio

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 - 2nd Mvt., Bars 1-35 Orchestral Excerpts - Bassoon

For NYOS Audition Purposes Only

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 – 1st Mvt., Excerpts

Schubert: Symphony No. 5 - 3rd Mvt., Trio, Bars 89-128 Orchestral Excerpts - Bassoon

For NYOS Audition Purposes Only

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Opening

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 - 2nd Mvt., Bars 48-67 Orchestral Excerpts - Bassoon

For NYOS Audition Purposes Only

Rossini: Thieving Magpie - Overture, Bars 188-219 Orchestral Excerpts - Contrabassoon

For NYOS Audition Purposes Only

Contrabassoon (if applicable)

Ravel: Mother Goose - 4th movement, Figure 2-6 Orchestral Excerpts - Contrabassoon

For NYOS Audition Purposes Only

Contrabassoon (if applicable)

Mozart: Serenade in B-flat - 3rd Mvt., Bars 1-16