Bassoon Audition Repertoire and Orchestral Excerpts Master of Music (Orchestral Performance)
bassoon audition repertoire and orchestral excerpts Master of Music (Orchestral Performance)
Audition Work: Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K.191/186e, first movement with cadenza
Composer Work Page berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Excerpt 1 3 Excerpt 2 3 brahms Violin concerto in D Excerpt 1 4 dukas L’Apprenti sorcier Excerpt 1 5 Excerpt 2 6 mozart Le nozze di Figaro: Sinfonia Excerpt 1 7 Excerpt 2 7 tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 Excerpt 1 8 rimsky-korsakov Scheherazade Excerpt 1 9 Excerpt 2 9
Contrabassoon excerpts*: brahms Symphony no. 1 Excerpt 1 10 Excerpt 2 10 mahler Symphony no. 9 Excerpt 1 11 Excerpt 2 11 Ravel Piano concerto for the left hand Excerpt 1 12 Excerpt 2 12 Excerpt 3 12
* Contrabassoon excerpts are not compulsory. However, candidates may opt to strengthen their application by performing all of the excerpts associated with a secondary instrument.
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2 berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14 Bassoon 1 & 2
IV. Marche au Supplice excerpt 1 Allegro ma non troppo (h = 72)
v. Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat excerpt 2 Allegro ( = 104)
3 brahms Violin concerto in D, op. 77 Bassoon 2
Second movement excerpt 1 Adagio
4 dukas L’Apprenti sorcier Bassoon 1 & 2
excerpt 1 Vif
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excerpt 2 (same tempo)
6 mozart Le nozze di Figaro, KV.492 Bassoon 1
Sinfonia excerpt 1 Presto
excerpt 2 (same tempo)
7 tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 (Pathétique) Bassoon 2
First movement excerpt 1 Moderato mosso
8 rimsky-korsakov Scheherazade, op. 35 Bassoon 1
Second movement excerpt 1 Andantino
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excerpt 2 Recit. Moderato assai
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9 brahms Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68 Contrabassoon
First movement excerpt 1 [
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excerpt 2 (same tempo) [
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10 mahler Symphony no. 9 in D Contrabassoon
Second movement excerpt 1 Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb.
Fourth movement excerpt 2
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11 ravel Piano concerto for the left hand Contrabassoon
excerpt 1 Lento (q = 44)
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excerpt 2 (same tempo)
excerpt 3 (same tempo)
end of orchestral excerpts
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