timpani / percussion audition repertoire and orchestral excerpts Master of Music (Orchestral Performance) Audition works: Candidates are required to perform two solo pieces as follows: 1. Solo snare drum piece (2-3 minutes long), to be choose from: jacques delecluse 12 Studies for Snare or similar 2. Timpani solo piece (2-3 minutes long) to be chosen from: elliott carter Eight Pieces for Four Timpani or Own choice of mallet keyboard solo All candidates must supply sheet music of their solo repertoire. Please ensure repertoire is of a suitable standard. Composer Work Page Timpani bartók Concerto for Orchestra 3 Excerpt 1 tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4 Excerpt 1 4 mozart Die Zauberflöte Excerpt 1 5 Snare Drum prokofiev Peter and the Wolf 6 Excerpt 1 rimsky-korsakov Scheherazade Excerpt 1 7 Excerpt 2 8 Xylophone copland Appalachian Spring: Suite 9 Excerpt 1 kabalevsky Colas Breugnon: Overture 10 Excerpt 1 shostakovich The Golden Age: Polka 11 Excerpt 1 Vibraphone higdon On a Wire Excerpt 1 12 Excerpt 2 13 Glockenspiel dukas L’apprenti Sorcier 14 Excerpt 1 Tambourine dvořák Carnival 15 Excerpt 1 Triangle liszt Piano concerto no. 1 16 Excerpt 1 Cymbals tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet 17 Excerpt 1 Bass drum mahler Symphony no. 3 18 Excerpt 1 2 bartók Concerto for Orchestra Timpani IV. Intermezzo interrotto excerpt 1 Calmo [ ] 3 tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36 Timpani First Movement excerpt 1 Moderato assai, quasi Andante [ ] 4 mozart Die Zauberflöte, KV.620 Timpani Overture excerpt 1 Allegro [ ] Please note that this excerpt may be played on modern pedal drums (rather than hand-tuned Baroque or Classical instruments) 5 prokofiev Peter and the wolf, op. 67 Snare Drum excerpt 1 L’istesso tempo (q = 100) Please note that all multiple-bar rests in the original have been rewritten as two bars of rest in this excerpt. 6 rimsky-korsakov Scheherazade, op. 35 Snare Drum Third movement excerpt 1 Andantino quasi allegretto 7 Fourth movement excerpt 2 vivo 8 copland Appalachian spring: Suite Xylophone excerpt 1 Presto (h = 92) 9 kabalevsky Colas Breugnon: Suite from the opera Xylophone Overture excerpt 1 Presto (in one) 10 shostakovich The golden age, op. 22: Polka Xylophone excerpt 1 Allegretto (q = 84) 11 higdon On a wire Vibraphone excerpt 1 q = 120-128 12 excerpt 2 (q = 120 - 128) [ ] 13 dukas L’apprenti Sorcier Glockenspiel excerpt 1 Scherzo 14 dvořák Carnival Tambourine Overture excerpt 1 Allegro * *No repeat [ 15 liszt Piano Concerto no. 1 in E flat Triangle excerpt 1 Allegretto vivace 16 tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Cymbals Overture excerpt 1 Allegro Giusto Play straight through 17 mahler Symphony no. 3 in D minor Bass Drum First movement excerpt 1 Kräftig. Entschieden. [ ] end of orchestral excerpts 18 .