Principal & Second Bassoon Audition – 2023

AUDITION REPERTOIRE

I.  Solo (without accompaniment)

Mozart: Bassoon Concerto — Mvt. 1, exposition

II. Orchestral Excerpts

Beethoven: Symphony No 4 – Mvt. 4 mm.184-190

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro – mm.1-24

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade – Movement II: mm. 5 to A, and 1 measure after L to M

Ravel: Bolero – solo Reh. 2 to Reh. 3

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G – 2 bars before Rehearsal 14 to bar 3 of Rehearsal 16 (Both parts)

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring – Beginning to Reh.4

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 – Mvt. 2 mm.274-end

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker – Act 1, Scene 1, “Allegro Vivace” 9 measures before Reh. E through downbeat of 13 measures after Reh. F