ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CLARINET AUDITION 2017 CANDIDATE BOOK

ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS:

No. Composer Work Part Page 1 Bizet Carmen Clarinet in Bb 3 2 Puccini Tosca Clarinet in A 4

3 Puccini La Boheme Clarinet in Bb/A 5 4 Verdi La Traviata Clarinet in C/Bb 6

5 Rossini Semiramide Clarinet in A 7

6 Strauss, R. Der Rosenkavalier Clarinet in A 8 7 Strauss, R. Salome Clarinet in A 9

8a Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Clarinet in Bb 10 8b Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Clarinet in A 11

9 Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Clarinet in Bb 12 10 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Clarinet in Bb 13

11 Mozart Cosi fan Tutte Clarinet in Bb/A 15

12 Mozart The Magic Flute Clarinet in Bb 16 13 Verdi The Force of Destiny Clarinet in Bb 17

14 Ravel Bolero Clarinet in Eb 18 15 Ravel Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Clarinet in Eb 19

16 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Clarinet in Eb 20

SET WORKS:

No. Composer Work Notes 1 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 All

SECTION 1: ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS BIZET, GEORGES Carmen 1st Clarinet in Bb

Prelude EXCERPT 1 Quasi allegretto

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PUCCINI, GIACOMO Tosca 1st Clarinet in A

Act III EXCERPT 2 Andante lento appassionato molto

4

PUCCINI, GIACOMO La Boheme 1st Clarinet in Bb/A

Act II & Act IV EXCERPT 3: 4 EXCERPTS

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VERDI, GIUSEPPE La Traviata 1st Clarinet in C/Bb

Act I & Act II EXCERPT 4: 2 EXCERPTS

6

ROSSINI, GIOACHINO Semiramide 1st Clarinet in A

Overture EXCERPT 5 Allegro

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STRAUSS, RICHARD Der Rosenkavalier 1st Clarinet in A

Einlietung EXCERPT 6 Stürmisch bewegt

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STRAUSS, RICHARD Salome 1st Clarinet in A

EXCERPT 7: 2 EXCERPTS

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TCHAIKOVSKY, PYTOR The Sleeping Beauty 1st Clarinet in Bb

No.3 Pas de six EXCERPT 8a Adagio

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Excerpt 8b

11

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1st Clarinet in Bb

Scherzo EXCERPT 9: 2 EXCERPTS Allegro vivace

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PROKOFIEV, SERGEI Romeo and Juliet 1st Clarinet in Bb

EXCERPT 10: 3 EXCERPTS

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14

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS Cosi fan tutte 1st Clarinet in Bb/A

Act II No.21 EXCERPT 11a Andante

EXCERPT 11b Allegro = 126

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MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS The Magic Flute 1st Clarinet in Bb

Overture EXCERPT 12: 3 EXCERPTS

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VERDI, GIUSEPPE The Force of Destiny 1st Clarinet in Bb

Act III

EXCERPT 13 Andante mosso . = 56

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RAVEL, MAURICE Bolero Clarinet in Eb

EXCERPT 14 Tempo di Bolero - moderato assai

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RAVEL, MAURICE Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Clarinet in Eb

Movement 3 EXCERPT 15: 3 EXCERPTS

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STRAVINSKY, IGOR The Rite of Spring Clarinet in Eb

EXCERPT 16: 6 EXCERPTS

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