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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2003-11-26 09:10
I'm doing an audition for a symphony orchestra in a few weeks. They've sent me a list of composers from which they will be asking orchestral excerpts (but not the specific excerpts!!) Here's the list: Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Prokofiev, Rossini, Kodaly, Ravel, Stravinsky and Strauss.
What should I prepare? I'm specifically unsure about which Dvorak excerpts might be asked. Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks!
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-11-26 11:56
Dvorak Symphony "From the New World" would be their first choice.
The Carnival Overture would most likely be their second choice...GBK
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Author: Someone who knows
Date: 2003-11-26 12:35
If it were me asking it would be the 7th Dvorak symphony, which has the most difficult clarinet parts of the commonly played works. Especially the opening solo of the 2nd movement, which crosses the break on a cold bflat clarinet a bunch of times. But the whole symphony is filled with difficult passages, as you probably know already.
I wouldn't ask anything from the 8th.
From the 9th I would want to hear the Scherzo passage (octave passage with 2nd clarinet) and nothing else. But that doesn't mean they won't ask for the last movement solos.
Now, if they consider the Slavonic Dances and the various overtures fair game, you have your work cut out for you. But it seems to me with an audition list that only mentions composers, they'll stick to pretty standard audition pieces.
On the other hand, my ignorance of what goes on in Europe in these types of situations is total.
But to just say 'Rossini' without a specific piece or passage. . .wow that could be cruel.
What I LIKE about this method is that it favors the experienced player. Again if it were me I would include some very obscure but not difficult passages from certain works just to see if the player knows the tempo, etc.
Good luck.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-11-26 12:46
Someone who knows... I agree with you about Dvorak 7, but my money is still on the last movement solos from the 9th as their first choice...GBK
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2003-11-26 15:04
IN my experience I would be prepared to do the Scherzo of 9 which has some tricky upper register bits, also a very common one is the slow solo in No. 8 which is quite exposed and has some tricky thoat intonation.
I have done the Bartok in Auditions and that is usually the Concerto for orchestra.
Beethoven 6 and 8 are common audition solos.
Stravinsky Firebird has been on a few of the auditions I have done, as well as stuff from Petroushka.
Give heed to Till Eulenspeigel and Don Juan as the exeprts for Richard Strauss. The long legato solo in Don Juan exposes intonation and tone colors..as well as legato binding...
Brahms 3 is usually the slow movement
Prokofiev is usually Peter and Wolf and sons, and some bits from the last movement of the Classical symphony and the Scottish by Mendellsohn..
get some really good reeds happening quickly...
Best of Luck
David Dow
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Author: Keil
Date: 2003-11-26 17:01
What about Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin? Is that an option? It's solos are tricky tricky TRICKY!!!
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