CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRINCIPAL TIMPANI AUDITION 2012

REPERTOIRE LIST

I. REQUIRED EXCERPTS: (All audition candidates are responsible for obtaining audition repertoire from standard excerpt books or purchasable music.)

A. Barber: Medea's Dance of Vengeance reh. [28] [32] B. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Mvt. IV meas. 42 50 Mvt. V meas. 5 59; meas. 383 412; meas. 550 - 572

C. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta Mvt. II meas. 301 338 Mvt. IV meas. 26 - 63

D. Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2 Mvt. I meas. 95 109 Mvt. III meas. 3 - 44

E. Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 F. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 G. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 H. Beethoven: Violin Concerto I. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 J. Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Variation M (enclosed) K. Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite reh. [65] [67] (enclosed) L. Elgar: Enigma Variations (Var. VII)

M. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis (Mvt. II, "Turandot") N. Mahler: Symphony No. 7 O. Martin: Concerto for Seven Winds, Percussion and Strings

Mvt. III 6 meas. after [18] 7 meas. after [22]

P. Mozart: Symphony No. 39 Q. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 R. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

14 meas. after [39] [40]; 12 meas. after [40] [41] (enclosed)

S. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 Mvt. IV (Finale) beginning end of 1st ending

T. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 Mvt. II 4 meas. after [49] 4 meas. after [50] Mvt. III Reh. [117] - end

U. Schuman: New England Triptych (Mvt. I) V. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 Mvt. IV Reh. [35] 3 meas. after [36]

W. Schubert: Symphony 9 X. Sibelius: Finlandia Y. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Quick Waltz 6 meas. after [62] - end Z. Strauss: Burleske AA. Strauss: Tod und Verklrung BB. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Danse Sacrale) CC. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 DD. Wagner: "Siegfried's Funeral Music" from Gtterdmmerung

II. UNACCOMPANIED SOLO: A melodic solo or etude of your choice to be played on no more

than a standard set of 4 timpani (see below).

III. SIGHT-READING: Excerpts from the standard repertoire to be determined at the audition.

All candidates must play on one of the following supplied sets of timpani for the preliminary round:

4 Adams Philharmonic Classic Dresden Timpani (23, 26, 29, 32), American system with Remo Renaissance heads (with wheels, with stage screw for tilt); or

4 Adams Philharmonic Classic Dresden Timpani (23, 26, 29, 32), German system with Remo Renaissance heads (without wheels, with stage screw for tilt)

Candidates will be allowed to bring their own t impani for the final round of auditions only.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra tunes to A=440. Electronic tuning devices will not be allowed on stage.