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Difference between orch excerpts and orchestal playing

Author: Morrigan
Date: 2006-06-11 02:10

G'day everyone,

I'm pretty into orchestral excerpts this year - my Honours thesis is on them, and I'm taking my first audition for a pro orchestra soon-ish (a casual spot) so I've been playing a lot of excerpts this year.

Also, in my youth orchestra, later this year, in the same concert we're doing Cappriccio and Tchaik 4, both of which I have done in auditions and am studying this year but neither of which I have played in orchestra. However, I've played Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin and Beethoven Symph. 6 in orchestra (for example) after studying the excerpts and I must say, playing them in orchestra was a completely different experience.

So my question is, should you be playing excerpts in an audition like you would with the orchestra, or playing solos in the orchestra like you do excerpts on your own? ARE they different, or am I way off?

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