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Principal bass clarinet

Orchestral excerpts including clarinet excerpts
Thursday 15 and Friday 16 March 2018

Clarinet excerpts SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.7 Leningrad

Excerpt 1 15
BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin
Excerpt 1 2 R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra!
Excerpt 2 3 Excerpt 1 16
Excerpt 2 16
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Excerpt 3 16
Excerpt 1 4
Excerpt 2 5 R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Excerpt 1 17
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 Scottish
Excerpt 2 17
Excerpt 1 5
R. STRAUSS Don Quixote
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 Pathétique
Excerpt 1 18
Excerpt 1 6
Excerpt 2 18
Excerpt 3 18
Bass clarinet excerpts
Excerpt 4 18
GROFÉ Grand Canyon Suite Excerpt 5 19
Excerpt 1 7 Excerpt 6 19
KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier: Suite
Excerpt 1 8 Excerpt 1 20
Excerpt 2 8 Excerpt 2 21
MAHLER Symphony No.1 Excerpt 3 21
Excerpt 1 9 Excerpt 4 21
Excerpt 2 9 STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps
MAHLER Symphony No.6 Excerpt 1 22
Excerpt 1 10 Excerpt 2 22
Excerpt 2 10 TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred
RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 Excerpt 1 23
Excerpt 1 11 Excerpt 2 23
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé WAGNER Tristan und Isolde
Excerpt 1 12 Excerpt 1 24
Excerpt 2 12
Excerpt 3 13
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1
Excerpt 1 14
Excerpt 2 14

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.
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

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* 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]

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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

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* 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

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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.

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* 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

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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
in B flat

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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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12
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]

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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

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Excerpt 2 [same tempo]

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Var. III
Excerpt 3 Mässiges Zeitmass

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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

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Excerpt 3 [same tempo]

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Excerpt 4 Etwas breit (poco allargando) [from previous tempo]

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* 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

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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)
in A

End of orchestral excerpts

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