West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Audition Excerpts

Associate Principal/Principal Eb/2nd Clarinet

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2023

Round 1

MOZART Clarinet Concerto (to be accompanied with piano)

 1st movement, bars 49-154

Clarinet 1 orchestral excerpts:

1. BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 6, 1st, 2nd & 3rd movements [4 excerpts]
2. MENDELSSOHN Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo [2 excerpts]
3. KODALY Dances of Galanta (excerpt 1) [1 excerpt]

Round 2

MOZART Clarinet Concerto (to be accompanied with piano)

 2nd movement, bars 1-60 (omit tutti sections, bars 9-16 and bars 25-32)
 3rd movement, bars 1-51

Proposed orchestral excerpts:

Clarinet 1
4. STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919), Variation de l’Oiseau de Feu [1 excerpt]
5. RACHMANINOV Symphony no. 2, 3rd movement [1 excerpt]
6. PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf [1 excerpt]
7. BEETHOVEN Symphony no.8, 3rd movement [1 excerpt]

Clarinet 2
8. SAINT-SAENS Symphony no. 3 ‘Organ’, 1st movement [2 excerpts]

E flat Clarinet
9. RAVEL Bolero [1 excerpt]
10. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche [1 excerpt]
11. RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major, 3rd movement [3 excerpts]
 Additional orchestral excerpts to be heard

Clarinet 1
12. SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto no. 1, 1st movement [1 excerpt]
13. BRAHMS nd
Symphony no. 3, 2 movement [1 excerpt]
14. TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony no. 6, 1st movement [2 excerpts]
15. SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony no. 9, 2nd & 3rd movements [2 excerpts]
16. KODALY Dances of Galanta (excerpt 2) [1 excerpt]

Clarinet 2
17. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, 1st movement [1 excerpt]

E flat Clarinet
18. RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 [1 excerpt]
19. BERLIOZ Symphony Fantastique, 5th movement [1 excerpt]
20. STRAVINSKY Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) [2 excerpts]

Should a 3rd round be required excerpts may be chosen from the complete list.

♫ Please note: For all excerpts that have multiple bars rests of three measures or more, please
observe a brief pause.

♫ Recording guidelines:

 Submissions must include both audio and video

 Record the audition material in the following segments, each segment recorded in one single
unedited take:
o Segment 1: Mozart Concerto movements 1, 2 and 3
o Segment 2: Round 1 clarinet orchestral excerpts (nos. 1 – 3)
o Segment 3: Round 2 clarinet orchestral excerpts (nos. 4 – 8)
o Segment 4: Round 2 E flat orchestral excerpts (nos. 9 – 11)
o Segment 5: Additional clarinet orchestral excerpts (nos. 12 – 17)
o Segment 6: Additional E flat orchestral excerpts (nos. 18 – 20)

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 Round 1

MOZART Clarinet Concerto (to be accompanied with piano)

 1st movement, bars 49-154

Orchestral excerpts:

1) BEETHOVEN, Symphony no. 6

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Clarinet 1 in B flat

1st movement

EXCERPT 1 Allegro ma non troppo

EXCERPT 2 [same tempo]

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1) BEETHOVEN, Symphony no. 6……continued
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Clarinet 1 in B flat

2nd movement

EXCERPT 3 Andante molto moto

3rd movement

EXCERPT 4 Allegro

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2) MENDELSSOHN, Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Clarinet 1 in B flat

Scherzo

EXCERPT 1 Allegro vivace

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2) MENDELSSOHN, Midsummer Night’s Dream……continued
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Clarinet 1 in B flat

Scherzo

EXCERPT 2 Allegro vivace

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3) KODALY, Dances of Galanta
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Clarinet 1 in A

EXCERPT 1 [previous tempo Lento, = 54]

Play: beginning of bar 31 until end of bar 65

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Dances of Galanta By Zoltan Kodaly

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 Round 2

MOZART Clarinet Concerto (to be accompanied with piano)

 2nd movement, bars 1-60 (omit tutti sections, bars 9-16 and bars 25-32)
 3rd movement, bars 1-51

Proposed orchestral excerpts:

Clarinet 1

4) STRAVINSKY, Firebird Suite (1919)

Clarinet 1 in A

EXCERPT 1 Variation: de l’Oiseau de Feu

Play: Beginning of Figure 9 until end of Figure 18

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Firebird Symphonic Suite (1919) By Igor Stravinsky

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5) RACHMANINOV, Symphony no. 2
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Clarinet 1 in A

3rd movement

EXCERPT 1 Adagio

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6) PROKOFIEV, Peter and the Wolf
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Clarinet 1 in A

1st movement

EXCERPT 1

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7) BEETHOVEN, Symphony no. 8
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Clarinet 1 in B flat

3rd movement

EXCERPT 1 Tempo di Menuetto

NB: no repeat

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 Clarinet 2

8) SAINT-SAENS, Symphony no. 3 (Organ)

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Clarinet 2 in Bb

1st movement

EXCERPT 1 Allegro moderato ( = approx. 78)

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8) SAINT-SAENS, Symphony no. 3……continued
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Clarinet 2 in Bb

1st movement

EXCERPT 2 Allegro moderato ( = approx. 78)

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E flat Clarinet

9) RAVEL, Bolero
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E flat Clarinet

EXCERPT 1 Tempo di Bolero, moderato assai

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10) STRAUSS, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
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E flat Clarinet

EXCERPT 1 Volles Zeitmass (sehr lebhaft)

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11) RAVEL, Piano Concerto in G major
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E flat Clarinet

3rd movement

EXCERPT 1 Presto

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EXCERPT b)
12) ROSSINI, William Tell Overture

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 11) RAVEL, Piano Concerto in G major……continued
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E flat Clarinet

3rd movement

EXCERPT 2 Presto

EXCERPT 3 [same tempo]

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 Additional orchestral excerpts

Clarinet 1

12) SHOSTAKOVICH, Cello Concerto no. 1

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Clarinet in B flat

1st movement

EXCERPT 1 Allegretto [ = approx.126]

Play: Beginning of Figure 23 (bar 203) until end of Figure 25 (bar 227)

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Cello Concerto no. 1 By Dmitri Shostakovich

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13) BRAHMS, Symphony no. 3
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Clarinet 1 in B flat

2nd movement

Excerpt 1 Andante

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14) TCHAIKOVKSY, Symphony no. 6
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Clarinet 1 in A

1st movement

EXCERPT 1 Allegro non troppo

EXCERPT 2 Tempo I [Adagio]

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15) SHOSTAKOVICH, Symphony no. 9
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Clarinet 1 in A

2nd movement

EXCERPT 1 Moderato

Play: Beginning of Figure 28 until the 3 bars after Figure 30

Clarinet 1 in A

3rd movement

EXCERPT 2 Presto

Play: Beginning of Figure 49 until first bar of Figure 51

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Symphony no. 9 By Dmitri Shostakovich

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16) KODALY, Dance of Galanta
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Clarinet 1 in A

EXCERPT 2 Andante maestoso, = 72

Play: Beginning of bar 571 until first beat of bar 579

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Dances of Galanta By Zoltan Kodaly

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 Clarinet 2

17) RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Scheherazade

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Clarinet 2 in A

1st movement

EXCERPT 1 Tranquillo

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E flat Clarinet

18) RAVEL, Daphnis et Chloe Suite no. 2

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E flat Clarinet

EXCERPT 1 Animé

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 19) BERLIOZ, Symphony Fantastique
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E flat Clarinet

5th movement

EXCERPT 1 Allegro ( = approx. 104)

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20) STRAVINSKY, Le Sacre du Printemps
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E flat Clarinet

L’Adoration de la terre

EXCERPT 1 Lento tempo rubato (transposed to E flat Clarinet)

Play: Beginning of third bar after Figure 9 until end of 4th bar after Figure 11

E flat Clarinet

Rondes Printanieres

EXCERPT 2 Tranquillo

Play: Beginning of Figure 48 until end of Figure 48; then from third bar after Figure 56
until last bar of Figure 56

NB: Play as one excerpt, but observe a general pause at Figure 49 before playing the next
solo after Figure 56.

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Use the access code: waso-clarinet

Rite of Spring By Igor Stravinksy

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