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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:
(Click on extract to download a copy)
Strings |
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violin
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Brahms,
Symphony No. 4, 3rd movement bars 1-115
Mozart, 39th Symphony, Finale, bars 1-104 page 1 page 2
Strauss, Don Juan, bars 1-63 |
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viola
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Strauss, Don Juan, bars 1-50
Shostakovich 5th Symphony, 1. moderato, bars 107-120
Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo, figure 70-93 |
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cello
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Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, bars 1-49
Brahms, 2nd Symphony (slow movt), bars 1-32
Beethoven 8th Symphony, Trio, bars 45-78 |
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double bass
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Beethoven, 9th Symphony, Finale, bars 8-29, 38-47, 65-107
Mozart, 40th Symphony, 1. bars 114-138, 191-198, Finale, bars 163-187 |
Woodwind |
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flute
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Debussy, L’Apres-midi
d’un faune, Prelude: Tres modere
Brahms, 4th Symphony, from bar 64
Beethoven, 3rd Symphony, Allegro Molto, bars 175-198 |
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piccolo
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Ravel, Bolero
Rossini, Semiramide |
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oboe
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Rossini, La Scala
di Seta, bars 6-53
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, 1. Prelude bars 1-20
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, op. 36 - Moderato con anima, bars 86-133, Andantino in modo de canzona bars 1-46 |
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cor anglais
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Wagner, Tristan
und Isolde, 3. Aufzug, 1. Szene |
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clarinet
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Beethoven, 6th Symphony,
2nd movement, bars 7-18, 68-82
Puccini, Tosca (Act 3), Andante lento appassionato |
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bass clarinet
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Strauss, Don Quixote, Indroduction and Maggiore |
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E flat clarinet
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Strauss, Till Eulenspiegels
Lustige Streiche, start to figure 31 Page 1 Page 2 |
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bassoon
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Haydn, Symphony
in G , 1. Allegro, from bar 25
Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps, start to figure 13
Brahms, Violin Concerto, 2. Adagio |
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Contra bassoon
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Mahler, 4th Symphony, mov. 1 and 2 |
Brass |
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French horn (high)
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Brahms, 2nd Symphony, 1st movt (bar 2-14, 447-477), 2nd movt (bar 17-31)
Mahler, Symphony No. 9, 1st movt (fig 381 to 392)
Strauss, Ein Heldenleben (from the beginning until 4 bars
after fig. 4 plus from fig. 108 until the end) |
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French horn (low)
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Mahler, 9th Symphony, 1 Andante bars 1-30 (to figure 2), figure 7
Beethoven, 9th Symphony, 3rd movement (4th horn) bars
82 - 99 and 109 - 121
Strauss, Don Quixote Variation VII (2nd horn) and Variation
VIII (6th horn) |
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trumpet
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Stravinsky, Petrouchka, fig. 134-139, Valse: Lento Cantabile, figure 140-151
Bizet, Carmen (Prelude)
Mahler, 5th Symphony, 1st movement (page 32) bars 1-25
Wagner, Parsifal (Prelude) |
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trombone (tenor)
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Rossini, Wilhelm Tell, Allegro bars 92-147
Brahms, Tragic Overture (2nd & 1st trombone) beg. to F, I-N
Wagner, Die Walküre
- 1st trombone only, 3 act Scene 1
Mahler, 2nd Symphony, Choral - trombone 1 (Fig 10 plus
25 - 28)
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euphonium
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Mahler, Symphony
No. 7 ONLY IF REQUIRED |
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trombone (bass)
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Rossini, Wilhem
Tell, bars 92-147
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, 2. presto Bars 475-498, 4. Andante bars 595-626
Wagner, Die Walküre, 3 trombone, fig. 12-14
Schumann, Symphony No. 3, 4. Feierlich |
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Tuba
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Wagner, Die Walküre
Tchaikovsky 4th Symphony., 1st movt (T-U) plus 4th movt
(A-B)
Mahler, 2nd Symphony, 5th movement from fig.10-14, 25-27
Stravinsky, Petrouchka "The Bear" from bar 100 |
Percussion |
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Timpani
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Beethoven, 9th Symphony,
1st & 2nd movements, p1, p2, p3, p4, p5 |
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snare drum
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Suppé, Pique
Dame Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade IV, p1, p2
Ravel, Bolero |
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xylophone
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Khachaturian, Gayne
ballet, Dance of the Rose Maidens (allegro)
Stravinsky, Firebird, fig. 47-48 meno mosso and fig127-133 Allegro |
Harp |
Berlioz, Symphonie
Fantastique, 11 the Ball
Verdi, La Forza del Destino, G-O. p1, p2, p3
Tchaikovsky, cadenza from Swan Lake. p1, p2 |
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