double bass audition repertoire and orchestral excerpts Master of Music (Orchestral Performance)
Round 1: Audition Work: Bach, one movement of any suite for solo cello (no repeats) beethoven Symphony no. 5 Excerpt 1 3-4 britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Excerpt 1 5 mozart Symphony No. 39 Excerpt 1 6 Excerpt 2 6 mozart Symphony No. 40 Excerpt 1 7 Excerpt 2 7 schubert Symphony no. 9 Excerpt 1 8 Excerpt 2 8
Round 2: Audition Work: Dittersdorf, first movement with cadenza of either: Concerto for Contrabass no. 1 in E major Concerto for Contrabass no. 2 in D majore
bartók Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Excerpt 1 10 beethoven Symphony no. 9 Excerpt 1 11 brahms Symphony no. 2 Excerpt 1 12 Excerpt 2 12 mozart Symphony no. 35 Excerpt 1 13 Excerpt 2 14 r. strauss Ein Heldenleben Excerpt 1 15 Excerpt 2 15 verdi Otello Excerpt 1 16 Page intentionally blank
2 beethoven Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Third movement excerpt 1 Allegro
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4 britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Var. H
5 mozart Symphony no. 39
First movement 13 to 21
First movement 40 to 97
6 mozart Symphony no. 40 in G minor, kv.550
First movement excerpt 1 Molto allegro
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Fourth movement excerpt 2 Allegro assai
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7 schubert Symphony no. 9 in C, d.944 (‘Great C major’)
Scherzo excerpt 1 Allegro vivace
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Fourth movement excerpt 2 Allegro vivace
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9 bartók Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Movement One
10 beethoven Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125
Fourth movement excerpt 1 Allegro assai viace, = 84
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11 brahms Symphony no. 2 in D, op. 73
Second movement excerpt 1 L’istesso tempo [Adagio ma non troppo], ma grazioso
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Fourth movement excerpt 2 Allegro con spirito
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12 mozart Symphony no. 35 in D, kv.385 (‘Haffner’)
First movement excerpt 1 Allegro con spirito
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13 mozart Symphony no. 35 cont.
Fourth movement excerpt 2 Presto
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r. strauss Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
excerpt 1 Lebhaft bewegt
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excerpt 2 Festes Zeitmass (sehr lebhaft)
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15 verdi Otello
Act iv excerpt 1 Poco più mosso = 80
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