TRUMPET (SUB-PRINCIPAL) – AUDITION REPERTOIRE

Round One

1. Concerto
One of the following concertos:
Haydn: Concerto in E flat, Hob.VIIe:1, 1st and 2nd movements; or
Hummel: Concerto I E major, S.49, 1st and 2nd movements

2. Orchestral Excerpts (1st Trumpet part)

Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F, 2nd movement, bars 5-19
Respighi: The Pines of Rome, 2nd movement (off-stage solo)
Von Suppé: Light Cavalry, bars 1-38 and 60-67

Orchestral Excerpts (2nd Trumpet part)

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, 2nd movement, bars 90-146
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Variation K

Round Two

1. Orchestral Excerpts (1st Trumpet part)

Mahler: Symphony no. 5, 1st movement, beginning to 5 bars after reh 1
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade, beginning to reh 2
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5, 4th movement, reh 130 to end
R. Strauss: Don Juan, 8 bars after letter S to 3 bars after letter U

Orchestral Excerpts (3rd Trumpet part)

Debussy: Nocturnes, 2nd movement (Fêtes), 9 bars after reh 10 to reh 11, reh
13 to reh 14

2. Sight reading

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