HertfordshireCountyYouthMusicGroupAuditions2016DoublebassOrchestralexcerpts:CYOcandidatestoplayA1andB1only.AllothercandidatestoplaybothanAandBexcerpt.Metronomemarkingsareanapproximateguidetoaimfor.A1:Mendelssohn,MidsummerNightsDreamScherzoLettersE–H(dottedcrotchet=80)

A2:Beethoven,SymphonyNo.3Movement3Bar14–letterB(dottedminim=116)

A3:Wagner,DerFliegendeHolländerOvertureLettersC–D(dottedminim=90)

B1:Saint-Saëns,LeCarnavaldesAnimauxMovement5(L’Éléphant)(quaver=95)

B2:Brahms,SymphonyNo.1Movement2Bars47–60(crotchet=55)

B3:Verdi,OtelloAct4LetterU–7barsafterLetterX(crotchet=80)

Verdi: Otello (solo)