Klarinet Archive - Posting 000173.txt from 1996/05

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: audition pieces
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 18:45:26 -0400

Typical audition repertoire excerpt lists include:

1) Excerpts from Beethoven Symphonies 4, 6, and 8
2) Solo excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol" and from
"Sheherazade"
3) Mendelssohn Scherzo from "Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream"
4) Excerpts from Brahms Symphonies 1 and 3
5) Solo from Borodin's "Polovetsian Dances"
6) Solo from Respighi's "Pines of Rome"
7) Solo from Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
8) Solo from Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain", as well as from the
opera "Khovanschina"
9) Excerpts from Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5, and 6
10) Excerpts from Prokofiev Symphonies 1 and 5

11) Exposition from Mozart clarinet concerto

These are bare minimum expectations of audioners for orchestra
positions. There are many more which are considered staple material and
which others on this list will doubtlessly cite. For your community
orchestra audition, it would be good to work up the excerpts from items
1 - 3 of the above list, in addition to a polished rendition of the
Mozart clarinet concerto exposition.

Neil

On Wed, 8 May 1996, Barbara C Johnstone wrote:

> I'm going to be auditioning for the local community/regional orchestra
> in August -- not one of the ones that accepts anyone who wants to play,
> so it's a real audition. If they do it the way they have in the past,
> they'll ask people to bring something of their choice to play (in addition
> to sight-reading). What are some pieces that would be appropriate? Are
> there things that conductors expect to hear? I'd appreciate people's help!
>
> Barbara Johnstone
> bcj@-----.edu
>