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 .