AUDITION EXCERPTS
PRINCIPAL CLARINET Live audition on 7 & 8 February 2018
Set Repertoire
MOZART Clarinet concerto in A major (1st
& 2nd
movements)
DEBUSSY Première Rhapsodie (beginning until 8 bars after figure 6)
Orchestral Excerpts
BARTOK Miraculous Mandarin
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8
BRAHMS Symphony No.4
GINASTERA Variaciones Concertantes
KODALY Dances of Galanta
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2
RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.9
STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919)
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No.4
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6
TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca Da Rimini
Please note: sight reading and/or section playing may also be requested
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BARTOK: Miraculous Mandarin (1 excerpt)
Clarinet 1 in A
3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (1 & 2 of 4 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in B-flat
Excerpt 1 - Movement 1
Excerpt 2 - Movement 1
4
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (3 & 4 of 4 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in B-flat
Excerpt 3 - Movement 2
Excerpt 4 - Movement 3
5
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 – Movement 3 (1 excerpt)
Clarinet 1 in B-flat
6
BRAHMS: Symphony No.4 – Movement 2 (1 excerpt)
Clarinet 1 in A
7
GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes – Variation 4 (1 excerpt)
Clarinet 1 in B-flat
8
GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes – Variation 4 cont.
9
KODALY: Dances of Galanta (1 of 2 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in A
Excerpt 1
10
KODALY: Dances of Galanta (2 of 2 excerpts)
Excerpt 2
11
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.3 - Movement 2 (1 excerpt)
Clarinet 1 in B
12
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Scherzo (2 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in B-flat
Excerpt 1 – Scherzo (88 bpm)
Excerpt 2 – Scherzo (88 bpm)
13
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2 – Movement 3 (1 excerpt)
Clarinet 1 in A
14
RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No.2 (1 of 2 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in A
Excerpt 1
15
RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No.2 (2 of 2 excerpts)
Excerpt 2
16
RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No.2 (2 of 2 excerpts)
Excerpt 2 cont.
17
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin (2 of 2 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in A
Excerpt 1 - Movement 2
Excerpt 2 - Movement 4
18
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome – Movement 3 (1 excerpt)
Clarinet 1 in A
19
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.9 (1 of 2 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in A
Excerpt 1 – Movement 2
20
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.9 (2 of 2 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in A
Excerpt 2 – Movement 3
21
STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto – Movement 1 (1 of 2 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in B-flat
Excerpt 1
22
STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto – Movement 1 (2 of 2 excerpts)
Excerpt 2
23
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919): Variation de L’Oiseau de Feu (1 excerpt)
Clarinet 1 in A
24
TCHAIKOVKSY: Suite No.4 “Mozartiana” – Movement 4 (2 of 2 excerpt)
Clarinet in C
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2
25
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.6 – Movement 1 (2 of 2 excerpts)
Clarinet 1 in A
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2
26
TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini (1 excerpt)
Clarinet 1 in A
END OF ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS