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Author: Bigno16
Date: 2005-08-26 21:28
Unfortunately for me, my school didn't even send me my audition music despite my constant requests since June, so I had to have a friend get it for me herself and mail it to me. I received it about a week ago. My UMASS Amherst audition for the ensembles is going to consist of excerpts from Don Juan and probably some sight-reading.
I worry about the tempo, mostly because of the measures of repeated articulated triplets. Would that even be a spot that they would have me play? I think it would be quite boring to have that spot matter in the audition.
What would be a reasonable/acceptable tempo(s) to perform this excerpt in the audition?
Also, I worry about the high sustained F#. I'll definitely need to look for alternate fingerings that are more stable and covered.
Also, any suggestions for interpretation, contour, and shape would be appreciated, especially as most of it is marked forte.
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Author: DAVE
Date: 2005-08-26 22:59
Listen to many recordings and study the score. The repeated triplets most likely wil not be asked. There are some real hairy tutti sections as well as a few solos that probably will be asked. I don't recall the F sharp in question, but try playing it long or overblow a clarion B flat.
good luck!
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Author: JessKateDD
Date: 2005-08-28 05:05
If possible, you should practice the entire work. I have auditioned on it before, and I was asked to play passages with the fast tonguing. If you do not have time to prepare the entire piece, then at least make sure you work on:
Beginning to letter B
the solo from after M until N (This one WILL be asked!)
5 before H to letter K
one after P until S (lots of high notes here)
I second the advice to listen to recordings. Most are good, but some are better than others. My first two were Szell and Kempe, and they are still among the best I've heard.
Good luck with your audition.
Afterthought - whatever tempo you should take depends on your limitations. Better to play it in a fast 4 and manage the notes than to mangle them with shoddy tonguing. Better to let your judge wonder if you can tongue faster than let him know for sure that you cannot.
Post Edited (2005-08-28 05:08)
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