VERBIER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

CLARINET EXCERPTS

Note: Performing the E-Flat Clarinet and Bass Clarinet excerpts listed below is optional.
However, the panel is always eager to hear candidates who feel competent playing on auxiliary
instruments.

CLARINET

• Choose one movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (three excerpts):
1) Mvt. I – Measure 474 to Measure 492 (in Bb)
2) Mvt. II – Measure 68 to Measure 77 (in Bb)
3) Mvt. III – Measure 114 to Measure 133 (in Bb)
• Ravel: Daphnè et Chloë, Suite No. 2 (two excerpts):
1) Measure 6 until 3 Measures after Reh. #157 (in A)
2) 5 Measures before Reh. #213 to End (in A)
• Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2, Mvt. III – Measure 6 until Reh. #47 (in A)

E-FLAT CLARINET (OPTIONAL)

• Ravel: Daphnè et Chloë, Suite No. 2 – After Reh. #161 to 2 Measures before Reh. #166

BASS CLARINET (OPTIONAL)

• Ravel: Daphnè et Chloë, Suite No. 2 (two excerpts):

1) 6 Measures before Reh. #157 to 3 Measures after Reh. #157

2) Reh. #167 to 2 Measures before Reh. #170

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

AUDITION INFORMATION

• The tuning pitch of the Verbier Festival Orchestra is A = 442 Hz.

• 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 Application
Guidelines” document, available on the Verbier Festival page of the GetAcceptd 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. While the live auditions will typically focus on
the Opening/Exposition, please note that the panel is entitled to request any other
portion of the movement, including the cadenza. For video submissions, please refer to
the video audition guidelines outlined in the “VFO Application Guidelines” document.

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BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 6 (THREE EXCERPTS):

1) Mvt. I – Measure 474 to Measure 492 (in Bb)

2) Mvt. II – Measure 68 to Measure 77 (in Bb)

3) Mvt. III – Measure 114 to Measure 133 (in Bb)

• Ravel: Daphnè et Chloë, Suite No. 2 (two excerpts):
1) Opening until 3 Measures after Reh. #157 (in A)

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2) 5 Measures before Reh. #213 to End (in A)

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• Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2, Mvt. III – Measure 6 until Reh. #47 (in A)

(Continued)

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E-FLAT CLARINET (OPTIONAL)
• Ravel: Daphnè et Chloë, Suite No. 2 – After Reh. #161 to 2 Measures before Reh. #166

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BASS CLARINET (OPTIONAL)
• Ravel: Daphnè et Chloë, Suite No. 2 (two excerpts):

1) 6 Measures before Reh. #157 to 3 Measures after Reh. #157

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2) Reh. #167 to 2 Measures before Reh. #170

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