Audition Program Principal Timpani

indications:

1st round: 4’10”

RCO Timpani Solo 1st round version 90” On Adams Schnellars

Mozart: Zauberflöte 45” On small timpani / wooden mallets
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 (1st mov.) 45” On 28”, 25” Adams Schnellars
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 45” On 28”, 25”and 23”
Solo Pedal study 25” On 28”, 25”and 23”

2nd round: 7’20”

RCO Timpani Solo 2nd round version 155” On Adams Schnellars

Mozart: Zauberflöte 45” On small timpani / wooden mallets
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (1st mov.) 95” On 25” and 28” Adams Schnellars
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (2nd mov.) 20” On 25” and 28”
Mahler: Symphony No.5 (1st mov.) 20” On 23” and 25”
Brahms: Symphony No.1 (4th mov.) 80” On 25” and 28”
Solo pedal study 25” On 28”, 25” and 23”

Final round: 16’55”

Beethoven: Symphony No.1 30” On small timpani / wooden mallets

Beethoven: Symphony No.5 (2nd mov.) 25” On the original pedal Schnellars
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 (3rd 4th mov.) 50” On the original pedal Schnellars
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 (1st mov.) 45” On the original pedal Schnellars
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 (4th mov.) 80” On the original pedal Schnellars
Brahms: Symphony No.1 (4th mov.) 95” On the original pedal Schnellars
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 45” On 28”, 25” and 23” Adams Schnellars
Mahler: Symphony No.5 (1st mov.) 20” On 23” and 25”
Stravinsky: the Rite of Spring 45”
Bartók: Music for Str. (2nd and 4tth mov.) 65”
Hindemith and Martin (known excerpts) 110”
Carter: Concert for orchestra 55”
(With Piano):
Woud: Concerto Lirico fragment 250” On 4 plastic Adams Schnellars+calf 20”
Strauss: Rosenkavalier 100” On calf Adams Schnellars

All music is played on the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Adams Schnellar timpani with
calfheads, except otherwise indicated. The setup is traditional (large timpano on the
right). The pedal system is Dresdner. In the finale, for tuning the A please use the
vibraphone. 1st and 2nd round will be in the Concertgebouw Recital Hall behind curtains.
The finale is on the stage of the Main Hall, without curtains, facing the organ.