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Principal bass clarinet Orchestral excerpts including clarinet excerpts

Thursday 15 and Friday 16 March 2018

Clarinet excerpts

BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Excerpt 1 2 Excerpt 2 3

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream Excerpt 1 4 Excerpt 2 5

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 Scottish Excerpt 1 5

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 Pathétique Excerpt 1 6 Bass clarinet excerpts

GROFÉ Grand Canyon Suite Excerpt 1 7

KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto Excerpt 1 8 Excerpt 2 8

MAHLER Symphony No.1 Excerpt 1 9 Excerpt 2 9

MAHLER Symphony No.6 Excerpt 1 10 Excerpt 2 10

RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 Excerpt 1 11

RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Excerpt 1 12 Excerpt 2 12 Excerpt 3 13

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 Excerpt 1 14 Excerpt 2 14

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.7 Leningrad Excerpt 1 15

R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra! Excerpt 1 16 Excerpt 2 16 Excerpt 3 16

R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Excerpt 1 17 Excerpt 2 17

R. STRAUSS Don Quixote Excerpt 1 18 Excerpt 2 18 Excerpt 3 18 Excerpt 4 18 Excerpt 5 19 Excerpt 6 19

R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Excerpt 1 20 Excerpt 2 21 Excerpt 3 21 Excerpt 4 21

STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps Excerpt 1 22 Excerpt 2 22

TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Excerpt 1 23 Excerpt 2 23

WAGNER Tristan und Isolde Excerpt 1 24

Please note These excerpts will appear at about 81% of their original size when printed on A4 paper. The SSO will supply a hard copy of these excerpts at 100% size (on B4 paper) on request. A copy will also be available at the audition.

Please note Sight-reading and/or section playing may also be requested.

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BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Clarinet 3 in B flat

Excerpt 1 Poco allargando [in = 112]

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Excerpt 2 Meno mosso, = 160

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MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.61 Clarinet 2 in B flat

Scherzo Excerpt 1 Allegro vivace

* Please observe a brief pause before continuing

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MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 Scottish Clarinet 1 in B flat

Excerpt 2 [same tempo]

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 Scottish Clarinet 1 in B flat

Second movement Excerpt 1 Vivace non troppo, = 126

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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 Pathétique Clarinet 2 in A

Third movement Excerpt 1 Allegro molto vivace * Please observe a brief pause before continuing

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GROFÉ Grand Canyon Suite Bass clarinet in B flat

III. On the Trail Excerpt 1 Presto

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KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto Bass clarinet in B flat

Second movement Excerpt 1 Andante con anima

Excerpt 2 [same tempo]

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MAHLER Symphony No.1 in D Bass clarinet in B flat

First movement Excerpt 1 Langsam. Schleppend.

* Please observe a brief pause before continuing

Third movement Excerpt 2 Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen

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MAHLER Symphony No.6 in A minor Bass clarinet in A and B flat

First movement Excerpt 1 Sehr ruhig. Grazioso

Fourth movement Excerpt 2 Etwas schleppend [in Allegro moderato] [

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RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 in E Minor, Op.27 Bass clarinet in A and B flat

Second movement Excerpt 1 Allegro molto

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RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Bass clarinet in B flat

3me Partie Excerpt 1 Lent

Excerpt 2 [same tempo]

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Excerpt 3 Animé

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SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.99 Bass clarinet in B flat

II. Scherzo Excerpt 1 Allegro, = 104

Excerpt 2 [same tempo]

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SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.7 in C, Op.60 Leningrad Bass clarinet in B flat

Second movement Excerpt 1 Moderato (poco Allegretto)

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R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra!, Op.30 Bass clarinet in B flat

Von der grossen Sehnsucht Excerpt 1 Früheres Zeitmass (mäßig langsam)

Von der Freuden- und Leidenschaften Excerpt 2 Etwas breiter werden [in Bewegt] Das Grablied Excerpt 3 Immer ruhiger [from previous excerpt]

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R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op.28 Bass clarinet in B flat

Excerpt 1 Volles Zeitmass (sehr lebhaft)

Epilog Excerpt 2 Doppelt so langsam (im Zeitmass des Anfangs 4⁄8)

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R. STRAUSS Don Quixote, Op.35 Bass clarinet in B flat

Don Quixote, der Ritter von der traurigen Gestalt Excerpt 1 Mässig Excerpt 2 [same tempo] Var. III Excerpt 3 Mässiges Zeitmass Excerpt 4 Früheres Zeitmass

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Var. IV Excerpt 5 Etwas ruhiger

Var. X Excerpt 6 Beinahe doppelt so langsam [in Viel schneller]

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R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Bass clarinet in B flat*

Excerpt 1 Stürmisch bewegt (Con moto agitato), = 60

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Excerpt 2 Im Zeitmass, etwas lebhaft (a tempo poco animato), = 52 Excerpt 3 [same tempo]

Excerpt 4 Etwas breit (poco allargando) [from previous tempo] * Please do not play these excerpts on basset horn

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STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps Bass clarinet 1 in B flat

Introduction Excerpt 1 Più mosso [previous tempo Lento, tempo rubato]

Action rituelle des Ancêtres Excerpt 2 Lento

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TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred, Op.58 Bass clarinet in B flat

First movement Excerpt 1 Largo Fourth movement Excerpt 2 Allegro con fuoco

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WAGNER Tristan und Isolde Bass clarinet in A and B flat

Act II, scene iii Excerpt 1 Mässig langsam (Lento moderato)

End of orchestral excerpts

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