Orchestral Excerpts, Volume II

Orchestral Excerpts for Flute with Piano Accompaniment has transformed the literature and become the standard excerpt book since its release in 1995. The original collection presents excerpts as you'll see them on auditions and orchestra stands, enhanced with Baxtresser's insightful commentaries on preparing each excerpt. Prefatory essays and piano accompaniments add further resources to best prepare for auditions and life as an orchestra player. Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, Volume 2 with Piano Accompaniment provides all the same features for thorough preparation of another 56 excerpts drawn from 27 works including Tchaikowsky ballets, Strauss tone poems, John Williams film scores, and a wealth of essential repertoire from Bach through Stravinsky. DedicationA Letter to my Dear Flutist FriendsNotes for the PianistTo the PianistsWith My AppreciationWhy This New Book?Learning and Studying Excerpts TodayHow to Use This BookFlute Parts – The Music You Will UseLearning to Take a Successful AuditionPersonal PreparationThe Audition – To Win or to LearnPlaying in an OrchestraPlaying in Opera and Ballet OrchestrasAcknowledgmentsAbout Jeanne BaxtresserAbout the Collaborative EditorsBACHJOHANN SEBASTIANMass in B MinorBWV 232Part IVNo. 24Benedictusbars 1-12BARTOKBELAConcerto for OrchestraMvt. Ibars 1-35Mvt. IVbars 1-25Mvt. IVpickup to bar 136 through 151Mvt. Vbars 26-148BEETHOVENLUDWIG VANSymphony No. 7 in A MajorOp. 92Mvt. Ibars 38-88Mvt. IIbars 131-183BERLIOZHECTORSymphonie FantastiqueOp. 14Mvt. I2 bars before [2] through [3]Mvt. I4th bar of [5] through 3rd bar of [6]Mvt. III1½ bars before [37] through 5th bar of [38]GOUNODCHARLESPetite SymphonieMvt. IIbars 1-29Mvt. IIbars 60-89MAHLERGUSTAVSymphony No. 9Mvt. I2 bars before Misterioso through 3rd bar of Nicht mehr so langsamMvt. Ibeat 4 of Sehr zögernd through 3rd bar after Wieder a tempoSymphony No. 10Mvt. Vbars 27-45MOZARTWOLFGANG AMADEUSThe Magic FluteK. 620Act INo. 8Finalebars 1-24 of “Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton!”Act IINo. 21Finalebars 1-10PISTONWALTERThe Incredible Flutist“The Flutist,” Lento after [E] through end of soloRIMSKY-KORSAKOVNICOLAIScheherazadeMvt. II3 before [Q] through 13th of [Q]Mvt. IIIpickups to 8 before [B] to 1 before [B]Mvt. IIIpickups to [M] through [N]Mvt. IV4th bar of [T] through Più strettoSCHUMANNROBERTSymphony No. 1“Spring,” Op. 38Mvt. Ibars 14-23Mvt. Ibars 158-193Mvt. IVbars 174-206SHOSTAKOVITCHDMITRISymphony No. 5Op. 47Mvt. I[13][15]Mvt. I[39] through 3rd bar of [41]Mvt. IIpickup to 6 bars before [59]through 8th bar of [60]Symphony No. 6Op. 54Mvt. I[16] through 3rd bar of [18]Mvt. I4 bars before [23] through [26]Mvt. I3 bars before [27] through 7th bar of [27]Symphony No. 15Op. 141Mvt. Ibar 1 through 4 bars after [4]Mvt. I8th bar of [46] through [50]STRAUSSRICHARDDer RosenkavalierOp. 59Act I4 bars before [230] through [233]Act I[251][253]Don JuanOp. 20Bar 1 through [B][K] through 3rd bar of [L]Ein HeldenlebenOp. 406 bars before [14] through [14]3rd bar of [15] through 8th bar of [15]2nd bar before [41] through 11th bar of [41]Symphonia DomesticaOp. 538 bars before [22] through [24]STRAVINSKYIGORThe FirebirdPas de Deux (Firebird and Ivan Tsarevitch)1945 version1 bar before [25] through 4th bar of [33]“Appearance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses,” 1910 version4 bars before[52] through 2nd bar of [53]Jeu de CartesVariation IV: [75][79]Symphonies of Wind Instruments2 bars before [6] through [9]3 bars before [14] through 3rd bar of [26][28] to the 3rd bar of [37]TCHAIKOVSKYPETER ILYITCHThe NutcrackerOp. 71Act IIChinese DancecompleteDance of the Mirlitonsbar 1 to [C]Sleeping BeautyOp. 66Act IIINo.25Pas de QuatreSwan LakeOp. 20Act IIINo. 19Pas de Six [32][33]Act IIINo. 19[35][36]WILLIAMSJOHNHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanSuite for Orchestra“Hagrid’s Friendly Bird,” bars 127-151Star WarsSuite for OrchestraPrincess Leia’s themepickup to bar 15 through bar 33War HorseDartmoor1912bars 1-15Dartmoor1912pickup to bar 131 through bar 144 / Flûte traversière / Theodore Presser Company

Today?s professional orchestral musicians are highly specialized and highly qualified instrumentalists. While the traditional study at universities and music schools gives students an excellent foundation for orchestral playing it has long been acknowledged that it often does not prepare a musician for all the challenges of orchestral life.The Orchestral Violinist's Companion imparts knowledge and skills essential for the orchestral violinist extending on the musician?s high school or university education. This advice and training manual is intended to serve as a guide for the full course of a musician?s career from the preparation for anaudition to the long-term heavy work load in an orchestra. The volumes cover an abundance of themes including:Practice techniquesSight-readingDaily practice routineLooking after your bodyBow technique and tone productionLeft hand techniquePizzicato technique and other special techniquesRhythm and ensemble playingNotation and performance practicePreparing of orchestral partsItalian French and German terms and abbreviationsKnowledge of styleDevelopment of a core repertoirePreparation for auditionsCoping with stage frightCoping with orchestral lifeAppreciation for the orchestra as a social environmentCoping with the long-term physical and mental pressures in an orchestraIncluded is a detailed annotated index of orchestral excerpt collections thematically relevant books and articles and recent important studies on ?Performance Science?. Chapters on essential practice and performance techniques include hundreds of examples from over 300 orchestral works which encompass the areas of symphony oratorio opera operetta and ballet from the period between c. 1750 and 1950. In addition there are exercises specifically designed to advance a player?s orchestral technique.As well as serving as useful teaching material for courses these volumes are geared towards students currently in graduate or postgraduate courses specializing in orchestral playing audition candidates

The second volume of studies and exercises for Double Bass concentrating on second to fourth positions. Editor Rodney Slatford has selected a relatively simple and tuneful repertoire designed to aid technique and fluency in playing. Both volumes of Double Bass Studies include a glossary of terms scales arpeggios and orchestral excerpts. Suitable for the equivalent of ABRSM Grade 5.

The New Essential Companion. Henrik Wiese, the internationally renowned orchestral and solo flautist, has spent four years compiling what promises to be the definitive guide to audition repertoire for students preparing for a seat in a professional orchestra. He has worked with his own students in Salzburg as they engaged in auditions, as well as with other professional players and his teaching colleagues at the conservatorium. He sourced repertoire lists from job advertisements past and present and referred to other audition lists such as those of Baxtresser and Wye. Considerable research has gone into the differences between existing editions of the chosen pieces even, surprisingly, from twentieth century composers such as Prokofiev and Stravinsky. 'The Flute Audition” then looks at practical matters such as page turns and metronome markings. Wiese comments, for example, that Hindemith's own recording takes a passage from 'Symphonic Metamorphoses” markedly slower than in the score. The result of all this painstaking research is the most comprehensive collection of international audition pieces yet published in a single volume. 'This is an excellent collection of orchestral excerpts for the next generation of young musicians. You can use it to prepare for auditions anywhere in the world. Whether it's for an opera house, symphony or chamber orchestra, everything you need is here.'/ Recueil / Flûte Traversière

Par SNEDECOR PHIL. Many years ago, on a suggestion from Marine Band tubist John Cradler, I wrote a quirky collection of tunes set in the lower register of the tuba That book, published in 1991, 'mimics to be popular beyond my wildest dreams with players of all age levels and ability. Its success exposed a void in studies with actual music in the extreme lower part of the tuba range, a part of the instrument that is so important in the music of Prokofiev, Wagner and other composers. The ability to read notes (on sight!) of 4 and 5 ledger lines had only been previously addressed with repetitive exercises and academic method books. The embarrassing gap between that first volume and today's long-awaited and requested second book is only the fault of yours truly, who until recently didn't think there was a sincere desire for a second book. When I did decide to start writing, I was conflicted over which direction to go: Low Vol. 2? Low(er!) Etudes? Higher Lyrical? Orchestral Excerpt-Based Etudes? Duets? I finally decided on this combination of Lou/(er!) Etudes with accompanying duets that give the player a break from the ultra low writing, and provide a chance to revisit the well-loved tunes of the first book with fresh harmonies. I hope you enjoy what I've finally come up with and accept my apologies for taking so long to do it! My sincere thanks to tubists everywhere for making these tunes part of your music-making over the years. This long-awaited Low(er!) Etudes for Tuba includes more of the melodies Phil Snedecor is known for composing. Always harmonically fresh and melodically surprising, these tunes pose challenges beyond the ultra low notes and offer new discoveries upon each reading. Also included are companion duets to the original Low Etudes for Tuba. A great book to keep on the music stand in your studio! / Niveau : 4 / Etudes et exercices / Etude / Trompette

This well-known study by an eminent musicologist constitutes one of the best mid-level explorations of the nature and function of the orchestra. Tracing the beginnings of modern music from the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries, the survey presents forty-four musical excerpts and thirteen sketches of instruments, plus appendices and quotations related to conducting methods. Featured composers include Purcell, Scarlatti, Bach, Handel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Wagner, Debussy, Elgar, and many others. Author Adam Carse examines the evolution of individual musical instruments along with varying performance techniques and concepts of instrumental color. He further explores the recognition of major instrumental groups and their musical distinctions, decisions regarding volume and balance of tone, the influence of musical subject matter upon orchestration, and many similar topics. This volume represents a splendid resource for music students, enthusiasts of musical history and classical music, and music lovers of all ages. Corrected republication of the 1925 edition published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, Limited.

Zwölf Kirchenmusiken Vom 7. Bis Zum 18. Sonntag Nach Trinitatis Und Michaelis. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Following the principles of the edition, the volume contains a segment of 12 contiguous pieces of church music from a single cycle. They are excerpted from the so-called 'Sicilian Cycle” and consist of the compositions for the 7th - 18th Sundays after Trinity (except the 11th Sunday), the music for which is no longer extant) plus the feast of Michaelmas. The pieces in the cycle reveal elements attributed to the music of southern Italy, which occur in at least one movement of each work. Among these elements are pastoral instrumentation, with oboes and occasionally recorders, and the melodious writing of the arias, all embedded in a translucent texture. The cycle was written for the ducal court in Eisenach, where Telemann was titular chapel-master. It cannot be precisely dated, but the period of composition can be narrowed down between 1717 and 1721. The underlying words, printed as an annual cycle in 1720, stem from the singer, instrumentalist and later Eisenach court secretary Johann Friedrich Helbig. A Foreword and Critical Commentary provide information on the genesis, sources and reception of this very widely disseminated cycle. Also included are facsimiles from the musical and textual sources and an edition of the underlying texts./ Répertoire / Orchestre

12 Poems by Judith G. Wolf for Countertenor, Cello, and Orchestra. Par FUCHS KENNETH. This piece, along with three others, earned the composer a Grammy for the 2018 Best Classical Compendium. Composer's program note excerpt: Judith G. Wolf's expressive poems take us on a memorable journey through everyday life, the support of family and friends, the joy of love, and the pain of grief and loss. I was moved by her work to compose Poems of Life, an orchestral song cycle that sets to music twelve poems from Wolf's most recent volume of poetry, Otherwise. The poems weave a narrative of eternal love, the pain of loss through death, emotional transformation through grief, and spiritual enlightenment. CONTENTS: Prologue 1. Ethereal 2. Time Slips Away Movement 1 3. Gary Died 4. Just Like That 5. Watching for Death 6. Face Movement 2 7. Sisters 8. Forever Gone 9. The Retreat Movement 3 10. The Dream Epilogue 11. Conversation 12. Epiphany. Orchestra accompaniment rental item is available separately from the publisher./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano