NOI 2017 Wind Audition Requirements

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Flute

Solo

First movement of one of the following concertos:

  • Mozart Concerto in G Major (K. 313)
  • Mozart Concerto in D Major (K. 314)

Excerpts

  1. Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3: mm. 328-360
  2. Dvorak Symphony No. 8, movement 4: Rehearsal C to Rehearsal E (with repeats)
  3. Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo, 12 mm. before Rehearsal P to end
  4. Ravel Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2: 3 mm. after #176 to 2 mm. after #179
    Note: Piccolo excerpts will NOT be heard.

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Oboe

Solo

First movement of the Mozart Oboe Concerto in C Major (K. 314)

Excerpts

  1. Brahms Violin Concerto, movement 2: beginning to m. 32
  2. Ravel La Tombeau de Couperin, movement 1: beginning to #2
  3. Rossini La Scala di Seta: mm. 5-21 AND mm. 37-53
  4. Stravinsky Pulcinella: Serenata, #8 to #10 AND Gavotta – Var. 1a, #77 to #81
    Note: English horn excerpts will NOT be heard.

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Clarinet

Solo

First movement exposition of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major (K. 622)

Excerpts

  1. Beethoven Symphony No. 6, movement: Rehearsal D to 2 mm. before E
  2. Brahms Symphony No. 3, movement 1: mm. 36-46 (A Clarinet)
  3. Brahms Symphony No. 3, movement 2: beginning to m. 22
  4. Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, movement 2: mm. 9-56 AND mm. 84-102
    Note: Eb and bass clarinet excerpts will NOT be heard.

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Bassoon

Solo

First movement of one of the following concertos:

  • Mozart Bassoon Concerto in Bb Major (K. 191)
  • Von Weber Bassoon Concerto in F Major (Op. 75)

Excerpts

  1. Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture: mm. 101-123 AND mm. 139-171
  2. Nielsen: Woodwind Quintet, op. 43, mvt 4, Var. VII
  3. Stravinsky Rite of Spring: beginning to 3 mm. after #3
  4. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, movement 1: beginning to m. 12

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Horn

Solo

First movement of one of the following concertos:

  • Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 (K. 417)
  • Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 (K. 495)
  • Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 (Op. 11)

Excerpts

  1. Brahms Symphony No. 1, movement 2: upbeats to Reh. E to 1 bar after Reh. F
  2. Mahler Symphony No. 9, movement 1: pickup #8 to 8 mm. after #8 AND 26 mm. after #16 to 36 mm. after #16
  3. Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, movement 1: #17 to #21
  4. Strauss Ein Heldenleben: beginning to 5 mm. after #1

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Trumpet

Solo

First movement of one of the following concertos, not including cadenza:

  • Haydn Trumpet Concerto
  • Hummel Trumpet Concerto

Excerpts

  1. Mahler Symphony No. 5, movement 1: beginning to 5 mm. after #1
  2. Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major, movement 1: #2 to #3
  3. Respighi Pines of Rome: offstage solo
  4. Stravinsky Petrouchka (1947 Version): Ballerina’s Dance, 1 m. before #134 to #139

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Trombone

Solo

First movement of David Trombone Concertino (Op. 4)

Excerpts

  1. Mahler Symphony No. 3, movement 1: 3 mm. after #13 to #17
  2. Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, movement 1: Rehearsal Q to 2 mm. after Rehearsal S
  3. Mozart Requiem: Tuba Mirum, beginning to Rehearsal “a”
  4. Berlioz La damnation de Faust (2nd trombone): Rakoczy March, 6 mm. before #4 to #5

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Bass Trombone

Solo

Bach Cello Suite No. 5: Sarabande

Excerpts

  1. Haydn The Creation, no. 26: beginning to Rehearsal C
  2. Respighi Fountains of Rome: #11 to #14
  3. Schumann Symphony No. 3, movement 4: mm. 1-18
  4. Strauss Ein Heldenleben: #61 to #65

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Tuba

Solo

First movement of the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto (including cadenza)

Excerpts

  1. Bruckner Symphony No. 7, movement 4: Rehearsal P to Rehearsal S
  2. Mahler Symphony No. 2, movement 5: #10 to #11
  3. Respighi Fountains of Rome: #11 to #14
  4. Wagner Meistersinger Overture: mm. 158-188

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