SECTION PERCUSSION
AUDITION REPERTOIRE
January 2012
Preliminaries /Semi-finals/Finals
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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
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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]
continuedGlockenspiel
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
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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.
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