Orchester Probespiel (Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions) for Double Bass (Schott)

Test Pieces for Orchestra - Double Bass (Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire). By Various. Arranged by Fritz Massmann and Gerd Reinke. For Double Bass (Double Bass). Schott. 62 pages. Schott Music #ED7854. Published by Schott Music. Contents: Ensemble Selections: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, 3rd and 4th movements (Beethoven) • Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, 2nd and 3rd movements (Beethoven) • Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, 4th movement (Beethoven) • Wozzeck, 2nd Act (Berg) • Symphony No. 2, Op. 73, 4th movement (Brahms) • Symphony No. 4, 4th movement (Bruckner) • Symphony No. 6, 1st movement (Bruckner) • Symphony No. 1, 1st and 4th movements (Bruckner) • Symphony No. 40, KV 550, 1st and 4th movements (Mozart) • Symphony No. 41, KV 551, 4th movement (Mozart) • Marraige of Figaro Overture, KV 492 (Mozart) • Magic Flute Overture, KV 620 (Mozart) • Symphony No. 8, 3rd and 4th movements (Schubert) • Die verkaufte Braut Overture (Smetana) • Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (Strauss) • Don Juan, Op. 20 (Strauss) • Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (Strauss) • Salome, Op. 54, 4th Scene (Strauss) • Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, 2nd Act Introduction (Strauss) • Rigoletto, 1st Act, No. 1 (Verdi) • La Traviata, 1sr Act 4th Scene, 2nd Act 7th and 8th Scenes (Verdi) • Die Macht des Schicksals Overture (Verdi) • Aida, 4th Act (Verdi) • Othello, 4th Act (Verdi) • Falstaff, 3rd Act, 1st Scene (Verdi) • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1st Act 3rd Scene 2nd Act 7th Scene (Wagner) • Die Walküre: 1st Act, Introduction, 1st and 2nd Scene; 2nd Act, Introduction, 1st and 5th Scenes; 3rd Act, 1st Scene (Wagner) • Siegfried, 2nd Act, 3rd Scene and 3rd Act Introduction (Wagner) • Der Freisschütz Overture, Op. 77 (Weber) • Euryanthe Overture, Op. 81 (Weber) • Oberon Overture (Weber). Solo Selections: Wozzek, 3rd Act (Berg) • Lulu, 1st Act, Prologue amd 2nd Act, 1st Scene (Berg) • Symphony No. 3 (Hartmann) • Symphony No. 1, 3rd movement (Mahler) • Palestrina, 1st Act, 3rd and 5th Scenes (Pfitzner) • Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, 2nd Act (Strauss) • Pulcinella Suite, 7th Act (Stravinsky) • Rigoletto, 1st Act, No. 3 (Verdi) • Die Soldaten, 3rd Act, 4th Scene (Zimmermann).

Syllabus Information:

• AMEB Double Bass Grade 6 List C
• AMEB Double Bass Grade 7 List C
• AMEB Double Bass Grade 8 List C
• AMEB Double Bass Certificate of Performance List D
• AMEB Double Bass Associate List D
• AMEB Double Bass Licentiate List D