VERBIER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA – 2019

PERCUSSION EXCERPTS

MARIMBA
• Bach: Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 – Mvt. IV, Tempo di Bourée (without repeats)

SNARE DRUM
• Prokofiev: Liutenant Kijé – Opening to Reh. #2

• Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Scena e Canto Gitano – Long roll plus ten measures

• Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade:

- Mvt. III – Letter D to Letter E

- Mvt. IV – Letter P to Letter R

XYLOPHONE
• Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de Feu (1910) – Reh. #127 to Reh. #133

• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. III – 5 bars after Reh. #206 to Reh. #208

• Messien: Oiseaux Exotiques – Reh. #6 to Reh. #7

TIMPANI
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Mvt. I – 19th measure after Reh. R to End

• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. I – 2 bars before Reh. T to 3 bars before Reh. U

• Martin: Concerto for Seven Winds – 5 bars before Reh. #19 to 6 bars after Reh. #22

(All excerpts are available on the following pages of this document)

AUDITION INFORMATION

• All auditions, whether live or recorded, are unaccompanied, and therefore no piano should
be used.

• For video applicants, you MUST read all of the video guidelines in the “VFO 2019
Application Info” document, available for download here on the Verbier Festival website,
before starting your application or making your video.

• Applicants will not be required to play the full movement of their selected concerto or solo
work in the audition. Please focus on performing the first 3-5 minutes of solo playing from
the movement of your choice; that said, it is important to note that the panel is entitled to
request any portion of the movement, including the cadenza. For video submissions, please
refer to the video audition guidelines outlined in the “VFO 2019 Applications Info”
document.

Note: Live auditions for percussion will be held in New York and Geneva only.

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MARIMBA
• Bach: Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 – Mvt. IV, Tempo di Bourée (without repeats)
SNARE DRUM
• Prokofiev: Liutenant Kijé – Opening to Reh. #2

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• Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Scena e Canto Gitano – Long roll plus ten measures

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• Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade:

- Mvt. III – Letter D to Letter E

- Mvt. IV – Letter P to Letter R

(Continued)

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XYLOPHONE
• Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de Feu (1910) – Reh. #127 to Reh. #133

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• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. III – 5 bars after Reh. #206 to Reh. #208

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• Messien: Oiseaux Exotiques – Reh. #6 to Reh. #7

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TIMPANI
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Mvt. I – 19th measure after Reh. R to End

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• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. I – 2 bars before Reh. T to 3 bars before Reh. U

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• Martin: Concerto for Seven Winds – 5 bars before Reh. #19 to 6 bars after Reh. #22

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