Test Pieces for Orchestra Auditions – Cello (Schott)

There has been a long-felt need in orchestras and at music colleges or academies for a practical and easily accessible edition of the orchestral works presented during auditions. The contents of this volume was inspired by suggestions of the German Music Council and is based on statistical surveys of the Deutsche Orchestervereinigung e.V. (DOV), as well as on the editors’ many years of professional experience as orchestra musicians and college or academy teachers.
The separately available CD contains the respective excerpts from the work (instrument with orchestra).

Contents:

TUTTI SECTIONS: B. Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, 2nd & 3rd movements
L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No.3 Eb-major op.55 (“Eroica”), 3rd movement
L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No.5 C-minor op.67, 2nd movement
L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No.9 D-minor op.125, 2nd movement
L.v. Beethoven: Overture from “Coriolan” op.62
H. Berlioz: Roman Carnival op.9
H. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique op.14, 5th movement (“Witches’ Sabbath”)
G. Bizet: Carmen, 1st Act, No.6, No.11 and 4th Akt, No.25
J. Brahms: Symphony No.3 F-major op.90, 1st movement
J. Brahms: Symphony No.4 E-minor op.98, 1st movement
J. Brahms: Haydn-Variations op.56a, Variations 4, 7 & 8
A. Bruckner: Symphony No.3 D minor, 3rd movement
A. Bruckner: Symphony No.4 Eb-major (“Romantic”), 2nd movement
C. Debussy: La Mer, 2nd & 3rd movements
P. Hindemith: Philharmonic Concerto, Variation 1
P. Hindemith: Symphony “Mathis der Maler”, 3rd movement
E. Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel, 1st Picture, 3rd Scene and 3rd Picture, 3rd Scene
G. Mahler: Symphony No.1 D-major (“The Titan”), 4th movement
G. Mahler: Symphony No.5 C#-minor, 3rd and 5th movements
G. Mahler: Symphony No.10, 1st movement
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Summer Night’s Dream op.61, 1st movement
W.A. Mozart: Symphony No.40 G-minor K.550, 4th movement
Symphony No.41 C-major K.551 (“Jupiter”), 4th movement
The Marriage of Figaro K.492, Overture
The Magic Flute K.620, Overture
S. Prokofiev: Classical Symphony op.25, 1. und 4th movement
G. Rossini: The Barber of Seville, Overture
F. Schubert: Symphony No.4 C-minor (“Tragic”), 4th movement
B. Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Overture and 6th Scene
R. Strauss: Don Juan op.20
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche op.28
P. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 E-minor op.64, 3rd movement (Waltz)
P. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 B-minor op.74 (“Pathétique”), 1st movement
G. Verdi: Don Carlos, 1st Act, No.3
G. Verdi: A Masked Ball, No.1 & 2
G. Verdi: Othello, 1st Act
R. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, 1st Act, No.2 & 6
R. Wagner: Lohengrin, 3rd Act, Introduction and 3rd Scene
R. Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture and 2nd Act, 4th Scene
C.M.v. Weber: Euryanthe op.81, Overture
C.M.v. Weber: Der Freischütz op.77, Overture, 1st Act No.2 (Trio with choir), 3. Act No.16 (Finale)
SOLO SECTIONS: A. Adam: Giselle, 2nd Act, No.21 (Pas de Deux)
A. Berg: Lulu, 2nd Act
L. Delibes: Coppelia, 3rd Act, No.7
E. Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel, 2nd Act (Prelude to the Witch Ride)
G. Puccini: Manon Lescaut, 3rd Act (Intermezzo)
R. Strauss: Arabella, 1st Act
R. Strauss: Don Quichote op.35, Theme, Variations 1, 3 & 4
C.M.v. Weber: Der Freischütz op.77, 3rd Act, No.13