Orchestral Excerpts

PLEASE FIND BELOW THE EXCERPTS FOR THE 2021 EUYO AUDITIONS

EXCERPTS for the first round video audition:

1. Violin
   Bruckner
   Strauss
2. Viola
   Mendelssohn
   Shostakovich
3. Cello
   Mendelssohn
   Strauss
4. Doublebass
   Beethoven 5
   Strauss
5. Flute
   Beethoven Leonora (both excerpts)
   Picc: Shostakovich 8
6. Oboe
   Rossini (both excerpts)
   Cor Anglais: Ravel
7. Clarinet
   Mendelssohn Scherzo (on Bb) and
   Tchaikovsky 6 - slow excerpt only (on A)
   and either
   E flat: Strauss
   or
   Bass Clarinet: Strauss Don Quixote (from beginning to Fig 15)
8. Bassoon
   Beethoven (a) and
   Shostakovich (a)
   Contra Basson: Ravel
   (NB: If you don't have a Contra Bassoon, please play Shostakovich (a) and (b))
9. Horn (High)
   Brahms
   Strauss
10. Horn (Low)
    Beethoven 9
    Strauss Don Quixote
11. Trumpet
    Gershwin & Stravinsky
12. Trombone
    Mozart
    Rossini
13. Trombone (Bass)
    Rossini
    Schumann
14. Tuba 
    Mahler 1 
    Mahler 2
15. Percussion (percussionists don't have to play a solo piece)
    If timps are available (preferable): 
    Timps: Beethoven 9 (Coda) 
    Xylophone: Messiaen 
    Snare Drum: Rimsky Korsakov 
    Or 
    If timps are not available: 
    Rimsky Korsakov (snare drum) 
    2 minutes of a piece on snare drum 
    2 minutes of a piece on any tuned instrument (your choice)
16. Harp 
    Britten
    Ravel
17. Keyboard (please get in touch with Alexia Higgs)
    Stravinsky Petrouchka:
    Fig 82 - 88
    Fig 97 - 100

All other excerpts can be asked for in the second round.