Orchestral Extracts


Thorough preparation of orchestral extracts is essential for a successful EUYO audition - but don't just think this simply means learning the notes! You should listen to recordings of the pieces where possible and/or take a look at the full score so that you are aware of the context of your extract and can play accordingly.

The orchestral extracts to be prepared for the current EUYO auditions are:

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Strings

 

violin

Brahms, Symphony No. 4
Mozart, Symphony No. 39
Strauss, Don Juan

viola

Strauss, Don Juan
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5
Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

cello

Strauss, Ein Heldenleben
Brahms, Symphony No. 2
Beethoven, Symphony No. 8

double bass

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
Mozart, Symphony No. 40

Woodwind

 

flute

Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe
Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3
Stravinsky, Jeu de Cartes

piccolo

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 8
Rossini, Semiramide

oboe

Rossini, The Silken Ladder
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Prelude
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4

cor anglais

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

clarinet

Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade

bass clarinet

Strauss, Don Quixote

E flat clarinet

Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel
Stravinsky, Rite of Spring

bassoon

Haydn, Symphony in G
Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring

Brahms, Violin Concerto

Contra bassoon

Mahler, Sympony No. 4

Brass

 

French horn (high)

Brahms, Symphony No. 2
Mahler, Symphony No. 9
Strauss, Ein Heldenleben

French horn (low)

Mahler, Symphony No. 9
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

Strauss, Don Quixote Variation VII (2nd horn) and Variation VIII (6th horn)

trumpet

Stravinsky, Petrouchka
Bizet, Carmen, Prelude
Mahler, Symphony No. 5,

Wagner, Parsifal, Prelude

trombone (tenor)

Rossini, William Tell
Brahms, Tragic Overture -1st and 2nd trombone
Wagner, Die Walküre - 1st trombone only

Mahler, Symphony No. 2 - 1st trombone

euphonium

Mahler, Symphony No. 7 ONLY IF REQUIRED

trombone (bass)

Rossini, William Tell
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

Wagner, Die Walküre, 3rd trombone
Schumann, Symphony No. 3

Tuba

Wagner, Die Walküre
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4
Mahler, Symphony No. 2
Stravinsky, Petrouchka

Percussion

 

Timpani

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

snare drum

Suppé, Pique Dame Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
Ravel, Bolero

xylophone

Khachaturian, Gayne ballet, Dance of the Rose Maidens
Stravinsky, Firebird

Harp

Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique
Verdi, La Forza del Destino
Tchaikovsky, cadenza from Swan Lake

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