AUDITIONS
Principal Clarinet Auditions:
Saturday, October 26th
12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Lima Public Library
Repertoire: See Below
To schedule an audition, please contact:
Maureen Case, Personnel Manager
419-222-5701
maureen@limasymphony.com
The Lima Symphony Orchestra Music Selections
Violin I-Violin II-Principal 2nd Violin
Solo of Applicant's choice
R. Strauss - Don Juan (exposition) 1st Page
Mozart - Symphony # 39 4th movement –beginning to [A]
Brahms – Symphony #2 1st Mvt. – [E] to 18 measures after [E]
1st Mvt. Beginning to [B]
Viola
Solo of applicant's choice
R. Vaughn Williams - Solos from Fantasia on the theme of Thomas Tallis - Orchestra I part - Principal viola excerpt
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture - 1st page
Beethoven - Symphony #5 2nd mvt. beginning to m. 10; Pickup to m. 99- m. 106
Strauss - Don Juan -Beginning to 4 measures before [D]
Cello
Solo of applicant's choice
Beethoven - Symphony #5 2nd Mvt, measures 1 -10; measures 49-59; measures 98-106
Mozart – Symphony #35 (“Haffner”): 4th mvt. (Finale), m. 134-181
R. Strauss - Don Juan Beginning to letter D (m.71)
Bass
Solo of applicant's choice
Beethoven - Symphony #5 3rd mvt: opening to 5 after A, mm.140-213 (no repeat)
Mozart- Symphony #35 1st mvt. mm.13-48; 4th Mvt. mm. 134-181
Beethoven - Symphony #8 1st mvt. C to 8 after D
Brahms - Symphony #2 4thmvt. 8 before L to M
Rachmaninoff - PianoConcert No. 2, 3rd mvt.
Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variation H
Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suite 2nd mvt. Solo, 15 to 16
Flute
Solo of applicant's choice
Bizet - Entr'acte from Carmen (Prelude to Act III) Andantino quasi Allegretto
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf Allegro #2 - #4
Rossini - William Tell Overture Andante - M. 176-225
Tchaikovsy - Nutcracker Danse Chinoise
Piccolo
Tchaikovsky - Scherzo rom Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
Letter E to G & Letter I to end
Page 2: Letter D too mm. 136, mm. 192 to Andante (mm. 199)
Oboe
Solo of applicant's choice
Brahms - Symphony #1, 2nd Movement
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf Andantino, Allegro, Vivo
Schubert - Symphony #8 Andante con Moto, MM. 207-224
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, 2nd Movement, Mm. 26-48
English Horn
Solo of applicant's choice
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture Andante Sostenuto: Beginning to #4
Franck - Symphony in D minor Movement 2 (Allegretto): Mm. 16-32
Dvorak - Symphony #9 Adagio. Opening solos up to Rehearsal #2
Clarinet
Solo of applicant's choice
Rimsky-Korsakov -Capriccio Espagnol Movements 1 and 3
Rachmaninoff - Symphony #2 Solo in 3rd movement
Brahms - Symphony #3 Movements 1 and 2
Beethoven - Symphony #6 Movement 2: 1 measures before Reh. D to end of solo (Mm. 68-77) Movement 1: 2 measures before Reh. K to end of solo (Mm. 474-92)
Bass Clarinet
Solo of applicant's choice
Shostakovich- Symphony No. 7; mvt. I Reh. 1 – 3meas. after Reh. 4
Tchaikovsky- “Russian Trepak” from Nutcracker; 4meas. before Reh. B to Reh. C
Wagner- “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey “ from DieGotterdamerung;
5meas. before Reh. 15 through 5 meas. after Reh. 15
Bassoon
Solo of applicant's choice
Mozart- Marriage of Figaro Overture (opening)
Tchaikovsky- Symphony #5, Third Movement
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade 2nd Mvt.
Beethoven - Symphony #4, Second Movement & Finale
French Horn
Solo of applicant's choice
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel, mm. 6-20
Tchaikovsky, Symphony #5, Second Movement, mm.8-28
Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture - Solo 13 after E
Brahms, Symphony 1, Last Movement, B-C
Trumpet
Solo of applicant's choice
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestration by Ravel,
Promenade Allegro guisto,nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto from beg. to #2
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 Prelude (original notation in A)
Andante Moderato Beginning to 1stfermata
Stravinsky – Petroushka Trumpet in B flat Solo m. before 134 Allegro to 139
Schumann- Symphony #2, Op. 61 (original notation in C)
Sostenuto assai, Solo beginning through m. 22
Respighi – Pines of Rome Il Pini presso una catacomb, Il piu lontano possibile in C
6/4 through measure 10
Trombone
Solo of applicant's choice
Ravel - Bolero
Bizet - Carmen #5 in Orchestral Study Book
Mozart - Aria from “ Magic Flute” #107 in Orchestral Study Book
Wagner - Tannhauser # 91 in Orchestral Study Book
Bass Trombone
Solo of applicant's choice
Wagner - Einleitungzum 3. Akt from Lohengrin Sehr lebhaft (1st page)
*Wagner - Das Rheingold Scene 4 - Entrance of the gods toVahalla at 3/4 Massig bewegt
*Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Excerpt 1) 6/8 Erstes ZeitmaB
*Rossini - William Tell Overture (cut-time) Allegro
* Note: Parts can be found for bass trombone (edited by Douglas Yeo) at
Tuba
Solo of applicant's choice
Brahms - Symphony # 2, Finale- Bars 353-371
Shostakovich - Symphony #5, 1st Mvt., 4th bar after #32 to 4th bar after #35;
Last Mvt., 6th bar after #109 to 7th bar after #111
Wagner - Overture to Der Meistersinger, Bar 158 to Bar 173
Mahler - Symphony #1, 3rd Mvt., 7 bars after #2 to 5 bars after #3;
Harp
Solo of applicant's choice
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique
Verdi - La Forza del Destino