ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA FONDAZIONE

G. Rossini William Tell, Overture
L. van Beethoven Symphony No. 4, Fourth movement
R. Schumann Symphony No. 2, Scherzo
G. Mahler Symphony No.5, Adagetto
B. Bartòk Divertimento for string orchestra: last movement with its “solos”
R. Strauss Don Giovanni
F. Mendelssohn-Bartoldy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture
R. Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra, Solo for the concertino
J. S .Bach St. Matthew’s Passion, Chorus II Aria No. 51
P.I. Čajkovskij Symphony No.4, First and Fourth movements
R. Wagner Tristan un Isolde, Preludio
5) Sight-reading.
For the position of English Horn, with oboe, oboe d’amore and doubling First Oboe duties
1) G. Donizetti Concertino in G Major for English horn and orchestra
2) Performance of the following passages from the symphonic repertoire, as chosen by the Board of
Examiners:
O. Respighi The Pines of Rome
R. Wagner Tristan un Isolde
G. Rossini William Tell, Overture
D. Šostakovič Symphony No. 8
A. Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
H. Berlioz Roman Carneval
M. Ravel Concerto in G
G. Rossini Signor Bruschino
R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben
3) L. van Beethoven Variations from the Trio on “Là ci darem la mano” from
Don Giovanni by Mozart (second oboe + English horn)
4) Possible sight-reading.
On the oboe:
1) W. A. Mozart performance of the I and II movements from
the Concerto in C Major K314 (without cadenzas)
2) R. Schumann First Romanza from the “Three Romanzas” Op. 94
3) Performance of the following passages from the symphonic repertoire, as chosen by the Board of
Examiners:
F. Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”
Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures from an Exposition, Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
S. Prokofiev Classical Symphony
B. Bartόk Concerto for Orchestra, Gioco delle coppie
The Miraculous Mandarin
4) Possible sight-reading.
For the position as Bass Tuba with Contrabass Tuba and Contrabass Trombone duties
1) Performance of the following concertos:
R. Strauss Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 1
(Arr. Anderson - Ed. Thomson Edition)
R. Vaughan-Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba
2) Performance of the following passages from the symphonic repertoire, as chosen by the Board of
Examiners:
B. Bartόk Concerto for Orchestra
H. Berlioz Damnation of Faust, Hungarian March
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