Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Co-associate principal percussion
Audition date
May 16, 2017
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(Posted on May 4, 2017; last updated almost 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Snare drum excerpts
Lyllof—Arhus Etude No. 9 for snare drum
Ravel—Boléro
  • 1–18
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
Tambourine excerpts
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • 8 before U to the end
Cymbals excerpts
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to “Allegro Scherzando”
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Xylophone excerpts
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1–18
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 9–12
  • Overture: 36 to 12 after 36
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 16–19
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 4 after 17 to 4 after 19
  • 22–24
Timpani excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. IV: 42–51
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. II: 302–338
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: C to Mvt. IV: 395
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 89–110
  • Mvt. I: 315–326
  • Mvt. I: 421–end
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I: 16–35
  • Mvt. I: 513–end
Elgar—Enigma Variations
  • Variation VII, “Troyte”
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. V: 12 after 34 to the end
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. V: 223 to 3 before 227
Martin—Concerto for Seven Winds, Timpani, and Strings
  • Mvt. III: 6 after 18 to 7 after 22
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–21
Strauss—Burleske
  • 1–20
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 189–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 4 before T to 9 after V
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