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. Page intentionally blank 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 5 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 [ ] excerpt 2 Recit. Moderato assai [ ] 9 brahms Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68 Contrabassoon First movement excerpt 1 [ ] excerpt 2 (same tempo) [ ] 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 ] 11 ravel Piano concerto for the left hand Contrabassoon excerpt 1 Lento (q = 44) [ ] excerpt 2 (same tempo) excerpt 3 (same tempo) end of orchestral excerpts 12 .