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Violin
Solo
Mvt. 1 exposition of one of the following concertos*:
- Brahms Concerto
- Dvorak Concerto
- Bruch Concerto No. 1
- Mendelssohn Concerto
- Mozart Concerto No. 4 (K. 218)
- Mozart Concerto No. 5 (K. 219)
- Saint-Saens Concerto No. 3
- Sibelius Concerto
- Tchaikovsky Concerto
*A concerto of equal scope may be substituted with prior permission from the NOI office. If you are performing a concert NOT on the list above, you are also required to play a movement from a Bach sonata, suite or partita.
Excerpts
- Brahms Symphony No. 4: movement 4, m.33 to Rehearsal D
- Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo, beginning to 7 mm. after Rehearsal D
- Strauss Don Juan: beginning to 13 mm. after Rehearsal C (first page)
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Viola
Solo
One movement from a solo Bach Cello Suite (no repeats) AND mvt. 1 exposition of one of the following concertos*:
- Bartok Concerto
- Bloch Suite (1919)
- Hindemith Der Schwanendreher
- Stamitz Concerto
- Walton Concerto
*A concerto of equal scope my be substituted with prior permission from the NOI office.
Excerpts
- Beethoven Symphony No. 5, movement 2: beginning to m. 10 AND Rehearsal B to m. 86 AND mm. 98-106
- Brahms Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn: Var. V AND VII (no repeats)
- Strauss Don Juan: beginning to 9 measures after Rehearsal B
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Cello
Solos
One movement from a solo Bach Cello Suite (no repeats) AND mvt. 1 exposition of one of the following concertos*:
- Dvorak Concerto
- Elgar Concerto
- Haydn Concerto No. 1 in C Major
- Haydn Concerto No. 2 in D Major
- Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante
- Schumann Concerto
*A concerto of equal scope my be substituted with prior permission from the NOI office.
Excerpts
- Brahms Symphony No. 2, movement 2: beginning to Rehearsal A
- Mozart Symphony No. 35, movement 4: mm. 134 to Rehearsal E
- Strauss Ein Heldenleben: beginning to 5 mm. after #2
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Double Bass
Solos
One movement from a solo Bach Cello Suite (no repeats) AND the first movement of one of the following concertos* (in orchestra tuning):
- Bottesini Concerto No. 2 (beginning to m. 58)
- Dittersdorf Concerto No. 2 (beginning to m. 98)
- Koussevitzky Concerto (beginning to m. 77)
- Vanhal Concerto (beginning to m. 83)
*A concerto of equal scope my be substituted with prior permission from the NOI office.
Excerpts
- Beethoven Symphony No. 5, movement 3: beginning to 5 mm. after Rehearsal A
- Brahms Symphony No. 1, movement 1: 4 mm. before Rehearsal E to the 2nd ending
- Mahler Symphony No. 1, movement 3: beginning to m. 9
- Strauss Ein Heldenleben: #9 to 6 mm. after #12
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