Test Pieces for Orchestra Auditions – Viola (Schott)

There has been a long-felt need in orchestras and at the colleges for a practical and easily accessible edition of the orchestral works presented during the audition. The contents of this issue are based on suggestions of the German Music Council and are based on statistical surveys of the Deutsche Orchestervereinigung e.V. (DOV), as well as on the many years of professional experience of the publishers as orchestra musicians and university educators.
The separately available CD contains the respective excerpts from the work (instrument with orchestra).

Contents:

TUTTI SECTIONS: L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No.5 C-minor, op.67, 2nd movement
L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No.8 F-major op.93, 3rd movement (Trio)
L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No.9 D-minor op.125, 4th movement
L.v. Beethoven: Coriolan op.62, Overture
L.v. Beethoven: Egmont op.84, Overture
G. Bizet: Carmen, 1st Act, Finale
J. Brahms: Symphony No.2 D-major op.73, 1st movement
A. Bruckner: Symphony No.7 E-major, 1st movement
P. Hindemith: Symphony “Mathis der Maler”, 3rd movement: Temptation of Saint Anthony
P. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber, 2nd movement: Turandot, Scherzo
G. Mahler: Symphony No.4 G-major, 1st movement
W.A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture
B. Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Overture
R. Strauss: Don Juan op.20
I. Stravinsky: Symphony in C, 1st movement
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, 1st Act, No.8
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 F-minor op.36, 1st and 2nd movement
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 B-minor op.74, 2nd and 3rd movements
G. Verdi: Rigoletto, 1st Act, No.2
G. Verdi: La Traviata, 1st Act, No.2 (Choir) and 2nd Act, No.4
G. Verdi: La forza del destino, Overture
G. Verdi: Aida, 3rd and 4th Acts (No.7)
G. Verdi: Missa da Requiem, No.3 (Offertorium)
R. Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture; 2nd Act, 4th Scene; 3rd Act, Introduction and 1st Scene (Elisabeth’s Prayer)
R. Wagner: Lohengrin, 3rd Act, 3rd Scene
R. Wagner: Das Rheingold, 1st and 2nd Scene
R. Wagner: Die Walküre, 2nd Act, 4th Scene
R. Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, 1st Act, Introduction and 2nd Act, 2nd Scene
SOLO SECTIONS: L.v. Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus op.43, No.5 Adagio, Andante quasi Allegretto
J. Brahms: Concerto No.2 for Piano and Orchestra Bb-major op.83, 3rd movement
E. Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel, 3rd Picture, 3rd Scene
A. Lortzing: Zar and Zimmermann, 3rd Act
W.A. Mozart: The abduction from the Seraglio, 2nd Act, Aria No.11
W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni, 1st Act, Aria No.12
G. Puccini: Tosca, 3rd Act
G. Rossini: Wilhelm Tell, Overture
R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Zerbinetta’s Aria
R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, 2nd Act, 2nd Scene
R. Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann op.60, No.11
F.v. Suppé: Dichter and Bauer, Overture
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, 2nd Act, No.13
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, 1st Act, No.10
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, No.15
G. Verdi: Rigoletto, 2nd Act, No.9 (Rigoletto’s Aria)
G. Verdi: Don Carlos, 3rd Act, No.10
G. Verdi: La forza del destino, 1st Act, No.2 (Romance)
G. Verdi: Othello, 1st Act
R. Wagner: Die Walküre, 1st Act, 1st Scene
C.M.v. Weber: Invitation to the Dance
C.M.v. Weber: Der Freischütz, 3rd Act, No.12 (Cavatine)