AUDITION MATERIALS 2025 ORKESTER NORDEN

Strings

Concertmaster

Solo piece:

Mozart Violin concerto no. 3,4 or 5 (exposition only) with cadenza

A Romantic Concerto 1. mov + cadenza

Excerpts:

Brahms: symphony no. 1, mov. 2, solo

Brahms: symphony no. 2, 1^st. mpt from e to f

Brahms: symphony no. 2, 2^nd. mpt, from bar 51-54

Mozart Symphony no. 39 finale, 1^st page. from the beginning to letter b

R.Strauss – Don Juan

Violin tutti

Solo piece:

Mozart Violin concerto no. 3,4 or 5 (exposition only) with cadenza

Excerpts:

Brahms: symphony no. 2, 1^st. mpt from e to f

Brahms: symphony no. 2, 2^nd. mpt, from bar 51-54

Mozart Symphony no. 39 finale, 1^st page. from the beginning to letter b

R.Strauss – Don Juan

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Viola

Solo piece:

Own choice

Excerpts:

Beethoven symphony nr 5, second movement Andante con moto (bars 1-10)
Rossini Overture to Thieving Magpie (bars 62-80)
Nielsen symphony nr 4:
1. [beginning] until [bar 6 of big nr 2], 24 bars
2. [big nr 13] until [big nr 14, until bar 7], 23 bars
3. [bar 5-10 of big nr 42] until [Allegro], 6 bars

All orchestral excerpts to be recorded in one take!!

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Cello

Solo piece:

Haydn: Concerto in C or D 1st movement (until recapitulation) with cadenza.

Excerpts:

Beethoven: Symphony 5
Brahms: Symphony 2
Sibelius: Symphony 3, 1st mov.

All orchestral excerpts to be recorded in one take!!!

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Double bass

Solo piece:

Dittersdorf: Double Bass Concerto 1st and 2nd movement without cadenzas

Excerpts:

Nielsen from Helios overture

Brahms Symph 2, from the 2nd movement

Brahms Symph 2, from the 4th movement

All orchestral excerpts to be recorded in one take!!!

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Woodwinds

Flute

Solo piece:

Mozart: Flute concerto G-major, 1st. mvt. (exposition only)

Excerpts

Bizet: Intermezzo from Carmen
Dvorak: Symphony no. 8

All orchestral excerpts to be recorded in one take!!!

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Piccolo

Excerpts

Ravel: Bolero
Schostakowitch: Symphony no. 9

All orchestral excerpts to be recorded in one take!!!

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Oboe

Solo piece:

Mozart: Oboe concerto, 1st mvt. (exposition only)

Excerpts:

Brahms: Violin concerto (adagio)
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4, II + III

All orchestral excerpts to be recorded in one take!!!

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Cor Anglais

Rossini: Wilhelm Tell

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Clarinet

Solo piece:

Mozart clarinet concerto, 1st mvt. (exposition only)

Excerpts:

Nielsen: Symphony no. 5
Mendelssohn: A midsummer Night´s Dream, Scherzo
Beethoven: Symphony no. 6

E clarinet

Stravinskij: Sacre
Ravel: Bolero

Bass clarinet

Franck: Symhony in D minor, 2nd mvt.
Shostakovich: Violin concerto

All orchestral excerpts to be recorded in one take!!!

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Bassoon

Solo piece:

Mozart: Bassoon Concerts, 1st mvt. (exposition only)

Excerpts:

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen´s Return
Brahms: Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.

Contra bassoon

Ravel: Mother Goose

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Brass

Trumpet

Solo piece:

Haydn: Trumpet concerto, 1st mvt. (trumpet of your choise)

Excerpts:

Mahler: Symphony no. 5 1st mvt.
Bizet: Carmen, 1st act.
Stravinskij: Petruschka
Nielsen 4th Trumpet 1, only 37-40

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French Horn High

Solo piece:

Mozart concerto no. 3, 1st mvt.

Excerpts:

Mendelssohn: A midsummer Night´s Dream (nocturne)
Beethoven: Symphony no. 6, 3rd mvt
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

French Horn Low

Solo piece:

Mozart concerto no. 3, 1st mvt.

Excerpts:

Beethoven: Symphony no. 9. 3rd mvt
Schostakovich: Symphony no. 5
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Strauss: Don Quixote

French Horn High And Low

Solo piece:

Mozart concerto no. 3, 1st mvt.

Excerpts

Beethoven: Symphony no. 6, 3rd mvt
Schostakovich: Symphony no. 5
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
Strauss: Don Quixote

All orchestral excerpts to be recorded in one take!!!

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Tenor Trombone

Solo piece:

David: Concertino, 1st mvt.

Excerpts:

Mozart: Requiem, Tuba Mirum
Ravel: Bolero
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries, lebhaft (only the major section)
Saints-Saens: Symphony no. 3, Theme
Rossini: Wilhelm Tell

All orchestral excerpts to be recorded in one take!!!

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