Ensemble Audition Excerpts – Fall 2019
Bassoon
Excerpt #1: Beethoven – Symphony No. 4 – Mvt. 4 – Bassoon 1 (two pages – see brackets)
(see next page)
Excerpt #2: Stravinsky – Octet for Winds – Bassoon II (Rehearsal 31 to 3 after rehearsal 33)
Excerpt #3: Stravinsky - Octet for Winds – Bassoon I (Rehearsal 51 to 52 and rehearsal 57 to 61)
Excerpt #4: Barber – Second Essay for Orchestra – Bassoon 1 (Rehearsal 10 to 6 after rehearsal 11)
Excerpt #5: Respighi – Trittico Botticelliano Mvt. II. L’Adorrazione dei Magi (Opening 10 bars)
Excerpt #6: Chabrier – Espana (pick-up to Rehearsal C to 15 after C)