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SECTION PERCUSSION AUDITION REPERTOIRE January 2012 Preliminaries /Semi-finals/Finals AAndicates attached excerpt I. SOLOS (need not be memorized) Marimba “Bach “Miyoshi Snare Drum Delecluse Delecluse Cello Suite No. 1 in G major ~ Allemande (m. 1-16); Sarabande (complete) [no repeats] ‘Torse II — mvt III, “Commentaire”: m. 1-19 Douze Etudes ~ Etude No. 9 Keiskleitiana No. 1 — Etude No. 7 II. ORCHESTRA PASSAGES Snare Drum Bartok *Bernstein “Britten Nielsen Prokofiev *Prokofiev *Ravel Concerto for Orchestra West Side Story — Symphonic Dances (multi drum) Peter Grimes — Act ITI, scene Clarinet Concerto ~ rehearsal! Lieutenant Kijé Symphony No. 5 ~ mvt IL Alborada del gracioso — [hy rehearsal fi | rehearsal 26|—B3] Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade *Schuman “Schuman Schuman Shostakovich Shostakovich Suppé Xylophone “Berg Copland Gershwin *Gershwin “Harbison Kabelevsky Kodaly ‘Messiaen “Rouse Schuman *Shostakovich “Shostakovich Stravinsky New England Triptych — Chester On Freedom's Ground Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 10 —mvt II Symphony No. 11 -mvt IV Pique Dame Overture Wozzeck — Act II, scene 4: m, 716-723 Appalachian Spring ‘An American in Paris Porgy and Bess Overture Symphony No. 3 — mvt. ITT: m, 219-249 Colas Breugnon Overture Haty Janos ~ mvt. VI: beginning to [If [1 - end Exotic Birds ~ rehearsal ff —[7} rehearsal [i —[19} rehearsal 28 — BG Phacthon Symphony No. 3 — Toccata: m. 230-244 Cello Concerto No. 2 ~ mvt. IIE: rehearsal [109] — [107 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk — Act III: rehearsal 579] — B84] The Firebird (complete) rehearsal Bq to 2 measures after rehearsal 3] continued Glockenspiel Debussy, Dukas Mozart Respighi Respighi Strauss Marimba *Carter Vibraphone Bernstein *Williams Bass Drum “Britten Mahler *Respighi Stravinsky Stravinsky ‘Tchaikovsky *Movatt Mussorgsky Rachmaninoff Sibelius ‘Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky ‘Tchaikovsky ‘Tambourine Bizet Bizet Britten Chabrier Dvoiik Stravinsky ‘Tchaikovsky Triangle page 2 of 2 La Met Sorcerer’s Apprentice ‘Magic Flute Feste Romane — mvt Il: rehearsal [18 —20, Pines of Rome Don Juan Boston Concerto West Side Story — Symphonic Dances: m, 569-607; m. 620-655 Escapades ~ mvt I: m, 49-65; mvt. ITI: m, 33-50 Billy Budd — Act IV, scene 4: rehearsal [20] —| Symphony No. 3 ~ mvt. I: rehearsal Feste Romane ~ Circenses: rehear Pétrushka (1947) ~ rehearsal f64] — Rite of Spring — rehearsal 7]—-[79), Symphony No. 4 Abduction from the Seragtio Overture Night on Bald Mountain Piano Concetto No. 2 Finlandia Nutcracker — Danse des Mitliton Romeo and Juliet Symphony No. 4 Carmen Suite No. 1 —No. la: Aragona Carmen Suite No. 2—No. 11: Danse Bohéme Peter Grimes — Four Sea Interludes Espafia Carnival Overture Pétrushka (1947) — rehearsal 207] - Bog Nutcracker ~ Danse Arabe; ‘Trepak; La Mere Gigogne Sight reading on a 10” Ludwig triangle. Candidates may bring their own beaters and clips, Candidates will hold triangle, play with one beater. III. SIGHT READING You may bring your own snare drum and tambourine. BSO instruments must be used for everything else. Those candidates in the final round may be asked to play excerpts with BSO members as part of the audition. The Boston Symphony Orchestra tunes to A=441. You may use your own music, but please be prepared to use BSO parts if requested. The Audition Commitee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest standards at these auditions. Bach: Celle Suite No. | in @ major Marimba. ALLEMANDE 4203.76 SS SARABANDE de c2.56

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