ORCHESTRAL EXTRACTS

 

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, The Rite of Spring
   
bassoon Haydn, Symphony in G
  Stravinsky, Le Sacred du Printemps
  Brahms, Violin Concerto
   
contra bassoon Mahler, Symphony 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 Walkure - 1st trombone only
  Mahler, Symphony No.2 - 1st trombone
   
euphonium Mahler, Symphony No.7 ONLY IF REQUIRED
   
   
trombone (bass) Beethoven, Symphony No.9

Rossini, William Tell
  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
  Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake
  Verdi, La Forza del Destino