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ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS

Violin    
Mozart Symphony No. 39   2nd mvt mm. 1 - 27 (no repeats)
2nd mvt mm. 96 - 126 ([C] to 4 before [E])
4th mvt mm. 1 - 78 (beginning to letter [B])
Brahms Symphony No. 2
  1st mvt mm. 17-31; 52-66; 118-136
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4   1st mvt beginning to 25 after [A] (mm. 1-110)

Strauss Don Juan   Beginning to letter D.
Mahler Symphony No. 1   4th mvt beginning to rehearsal 4 and from rehearsal 16-to19.
     
Alto    
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture   [1] to [3], mm. 36 - 53
Beethoven Symphony No. 5   2nd mvt mm. 1 - 10; 49 - 86; 98 - 106
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6   1st mvt mm 19 – 62
Strauss Don Juan   Beginning to letter [D]
     
Cello    
Beethoven Symphony No. 5   2nd mvt beginning to mm. 10; 49 - 59; 98 - 106
3rd mvt beginning to m. 74; Trio mm. 140 - 159 and 201 - 213
Brahms Symphony No. 2   2nd mvt beginning to m. 15
Mozart Symphony No. 35   4th mvt mm. 134-181
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream   Scherzo [C] to [D], and [F] to [H]
     
Double Bass    
Beethoven Symphony No. 5   2nd mvt mm. 114-124
3rd mvt mm. 140-218; 235-244
Beethoven Symphony No. 9   4th mvt, recitatives (mm. 8 - 91)
Mozart Symphony No. 40   4th mvt mm. 154 - 187
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique   4th mvt 3 after [50] to [52]
(In editions using letters, this excerpt is [B] to [E] and is the same as mm. 17-49)
     
Flute    
Debussy Afternoon of a Faun   [2] to [3] (This is mm. 21 - 30)
Dvorak Symphony No.8   4th mvt, [D] to [E] with repeats
(This is mm. 75-92)
Prokofiev Classical Symphony   2nd mvt [39] to [41]
4th mvt 1 bar before [52] to 5 after [55]
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite No.2   [176] to 2 after [179]; [184] to [187]
     
Piccolo    
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra   3rd mvt solos at [28] and [57], [123] to end
5th mvt [418] to [429]
Rossini La Gazza Ladra   Opening to m. 11, 18 after [D] to 25 after [D]
(This is 28 after [5] to 35 after [5] in some editions)
     
Oboe    
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin   1st mvt beginning to [2], 6 after [8] to [9]
3rd mvt beginning to [4] (no repeats)
4th mvt [5] to 2 after [8]
Rossini La Scala di Seta   Measure 5 to [1], [2] to [3]
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4   2nd mvt mm. 1 – 21
3rd mvt meno mosso to 16 before [E]
     
English horn    
Berlioz Roman Carnival   Ouverture 14 before [1] to 3 after [1] mm. 36 - 53
Debussy Nocturnes   1st mvt [4] to [6]
2nd mvt beginning to [1], [2] to 7 before [4]
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 From the New World   2nd mvt [A] to [B] (This is mm. 7-18)
     
Clarinet    
Beethoven Symphony No. 6,   1st mvt mm. 474-492
2nd mvt mm. 69 - 78
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream   Scherzo beginning to [B]
(This is mm. 1 - 48)
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf   [14] to [15] (Moderato); [20] to [21] (Nervoso; accelerando)
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2   3rd mvt Beginning to [47]
(This excerpt may be played on a Bb clarinet if no A clarinet is available.)
     
Bass Clarinet    
Grofe Grand Canyon Suite On the Trail   8 before [E] to [E] (In some editions, this
is 8 before [5] to [5]. It is the cadenza.)
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel   7 after [11] to 5 after [13]; [20] to 7 after [20]; 6 before [27] to 8 after [27]
     
Bassoon    
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro   [I] to [K] (This is mm. 139 - 171)
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade   2nd mvt [L] to [M] (cadenza)
Stravinsky Rite of Spring   Beginning to 3 after [3]; [12] to 4 after [12]
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4   2nd mvt last 31 bars
     
Contrabassoon
Two excerpts of your choice from the standard orchestral literature
     
Horn    
Brahms Symphony No.3   3rd mvt 1 before [B] to [C] (This is mm. 40 - 52)
3rd mvt [F] to 12 after [F] (This is mm. 98 - 110)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5   1st mvt 3 after [17] to [21]
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel   Beginning to [1]
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5   2nd mvt opening to 17 before [B]
(This is mm. 7 - 28)
     
Trumpet    
Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3   Off-stage call (once only)
Dvorak Symphony no. 8   4th mvt, beginning to m. 18
Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition   Opening promenade Beginning to [2] Goldenberg and Schmuyle [58] to 1 after [60]
Stravinsky Petrushka the Ballerina's Dance and Waltz   From [135] to [143] in the 1947 version, and is the same as [69] to [72] in the 1911 version
     
Trombone    
Berlioz Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust   6 before [4] to 2 after [5] (in the original complete work) OR 6 before [20] to 2 after [21] (in the printed orchestral excerpt) [These are the same.]
Mozart Requiem, Tuba Mirum
  (2nd trombone solo) mm. 1-18
Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser   mm. 37-53
Wagner Ride of the Valkyries   [2] to [5] and [6] to [7](These are the first minor, and the first major, statements)
     
Bass Trombone    
Brahms Symphony No. 1   4th mvt [C] to 15 after [C] (This is mm. 47 - 61); 7 after [Q] to 18 after [Q] (This is mm. 373 - 384); 41 after [Q] to 50 after [Q] (This is mm. 407 - 416)
Franck Symphony in d minor   [N] to m. 280
Kodaly Hary Janos Suite   4th mvt Alla marcia to 7 after [1]; [5] to [7]
Rossini Overture to La Gazza Ladra   [3] to [4]
     
Tuba    
Berlioz Rakoczy March from Damnation of Faust   [20] to 2 after [21]
Brahms Symphony No. 2   4th mvt, [O] to 15 before [P]
(This is mm. 353 - 372)
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel   [25] to 6 before [26]; [37] to [38]
Stravinsky Petrushka   3 after [100] to 4 before [101] in the original version,
which is the same as [189] to [191] in the 1947 version
     
Timpany    
Beethoven Symphony No.7   1st mvt 20 before [C] to 2 after [C]
(This is mm. 89 - 110)
Beethoven Symphony No.9   1st mvt mm. 16-35, 2ndmvt [F] to [H]
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis   2nd mvt 5 after [S] to [T];
2 before [Z] to the end
     
Percussion    
Snare Drum    
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra   2nd mvt mm. 1 -10
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite   1st mvt [1]-[2]
Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade   3rd mvt [D] to [E]
Xylophone    
Copland Appalachian Spring   5 after [48] to 4 after [49]
Gershwin Porgy and Bess   4 after [13] to [15]
Kabalevsky Overture to Colas Breugnon   1 after [9] to [12]; [36] to [37]
Glockenspiel    
Dukas Sorcerer's Apprentice   4 after [17] to 4 after [19]; [22] to [24]
Mozart Magic Flute   Excerpt found in the Goldenberg book
     
Harp    
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (1st Harp)   2nd mvt 2 before [21] to [22]; 12 before [23] to [23]; [32] to [33]
Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra   Variation I (the harp variation)
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker   Cadenza from Waltz of the Flowers