Audition excerpts September 2023

Violin: from Isle of the Dead (Rachmaninoff), from 13 bars before rehearsal mark 15, to rehearsal mark 18 (upper division)

Viola: from Isle of the Dead (Rachmaninoff), from rehearsal mark 10 up to the 4th bar after rehearsal mark 12, and from rehearsal mark 16 to rehearsal mark 18

Double bass: from Isle of the Dead (Rachmaninoff), from 6 bars before rehearsal mark 17, to rehearsal mark 19

Flute: from Dvořak’s 8th symphony, 4th movement, from C to F

Oboe: from Tchaikovsky’s 4th symphony, 1st movement, from the entrance after E to the 5 sharps, and 2nd movement, from the beginning to A

Clarinet: from Tchaikovsky’s 5th symphony, 1st movement, from the beginning to E

Bassoon: from Tchaikovsky’s 4th symphony, 1st movement, from F with upbeat to H, and the last 3 lines of the 2nd movement

Trumpet: from Tchaikovsky’s 5th symphony, 4th movement, from the Moderato assai e molto maestoso before letter Z, to the end

Trombone: from Isle of the Dead (Rachmaninoff), from the 3rd bar after rehearsal mark 18, to 9 bars after rehearsal mark 22

Percussion: the full xylophone part from Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns)