Performance Exams (Graduate Diploma in Performance)

1. Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3, op.72b
2. Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, op.60, mvt. IV
3. Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op.125 (“Choral”), mvt. IV
4. Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Major, op.61, mvts. II + IV
5. Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, mvts. IV + V
6. Brahms, Symphony No. 3 in F Major, op.90, mvts. I + IV
7. Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major, op.77, mvts. II (second bassoon)
8. Haydn, Symphony No. 88 in G Major, mvts. I + IV
9. Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D Major (“Titan”), mvt. III
10. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro Overture, K. 492
11. Mozart, Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K.385 (“Haffner”), mvt. IV
12. Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K.551 (“Jupiter”), mvt. IV
13. Ravel, Alborada del gracioso
14. Ravel, Bolero
15. Ravel, Piano Concerto in G Major, mvts. I + III (mvt. III: both parts combined)
16. Ravel, Rhapsodie espagnole (second bassoon)
17. Respighi, Trittico Botticelliano, mvt. II (L’Adorazione dei Magi)
18. Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, op. 35, mvt. II (solo + cadenzas)
19. Shostakovich, Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, op. 70, mvt. IV + V
20.  Smetana, The Bartered Bride Overture (second bassoon)
21. Strauss, Richard, Don Quixote; Fantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters, op. 35, Variation IX (second bassoon)
22. Strauss, Richard, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
23. Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite, 1919 version, (Berceuse)
24. Stravinsky, Pulcinella Suite, 1949 revised version, (Gavotte)
25. Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
26. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, op.36, mvt. II
27. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, op.64, mvts. I, II + III
28. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op.74 (“Pathétique”), mvt. I
29. Verdi, Messa da Requiem, (Dies Irae: Quid sum miser)
30. Wagner, Tannhäuser Overture, 1860 Paris version (second bassoon)

You must include a movement of unaccompanied Bach and a movement of a major concerto (with cadenza, if applicable) by memory.

1. Solo Music
   1. Dvořák: – Concerto in B Minor, op. 104 (1st mvt.)
   2. Haydn – D Major Concerto, Hob. VIIb/2 (1st mvt.)
   3. Bach, J.S. – Cello suites, Prelude and Sarabande
2. Orchestral Excerpts
   1. Beethoven – Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 (2nd and 3rd mvts.)
   2. Beethoven – Symphony no. 8 in F Major, op. 93 (3rd mvt Trio)
   3. Beethoven – Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 (3rd mvt. and 4th mvt recitative)
   4. Brahms – Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 73 (2nd mvt.)
   5. Brahms – Symphony no. 3 in F Major, op. 90 (3rd mvt.)
   6. Brahms – Symphony no. 4 in E Minor, op. 98 (movements 1 & 4)
   7. Debussy – La Mer (cello quartet passage starting 2 before figure 9)
   8. Mahler – Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp Minor (movements 1, 2 & 5)
   9. Mendelssohn – Ein Sommernachtstraum (Midsummer Night’s Dream) (Scherzo)
   10. Mozart – Symphony no. 35 in D Major, K. 385, (Haffner) (1st and 4th mvts.)
   11.  Mozart – Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 (movements 1 & 4)
   12. Mozart – Symphony no. 41 in C Major, K. 551, (Jupiter) (movements 1 & 4)
   13. Mozart – Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro (Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
   14. Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Suite (Op. 64)
   15. Prokofiev – Symphony no. 5 in B-flat Major, op. 100 (movements 1-4)
   16. Schubert – Symphony in C Major, D. 944 (Great) (movements 2, 3 & 4)
   17. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4 in F Minor, op. 36 (2nd mvt.)
   18. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 6 in B Minor, op. 74 (2nd mvt.)
   19. Smetana – Overture to The Bartered Bride
   20. R. Strauss – Don Juan, op. 20
   21. R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
   22. Verdi – Messa da Requiem, “Offertorio”
3. III. Orchestral Solos
   1. Beethoven – Overture Geschöpfe des Prometheus (Creatures of Prometheus) (solo, 2nd Act, #5, Adagio)
   2. Brahms – Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 83 (3rd mvt.)
   3. Mozart – Don Giovanni, Act I, Andante Grazioso
   4. Rossini – Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
   5. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 1, op. 10
   6. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 15, op. 141
   7. R. Strauss – Don Quixote, op. 35
   8. R. Strauss – Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), op. 60
   9. Verdi – Rigoletto, Act II
   10. von Suppé – Overture to Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant)
   11. von Suppé – Overture to Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon and Night in
   12. Vienna)

Prepare 27 of the orchestral excerpts below plus three additional excerpts to be chosen by you and your teacher for a total of (30) orchestral excerpts.

The E-flat and Bass Clarinet parts are not required. They could be included based on the teacher’s recommendation.

First Clarinet Parts:

1. Beethoven – Symphony no. 4 in B-flat Major, op. 60
2. Beethoven – Symphony no. 6 in F Major, op. 68, (Pastoral)
3. Beethoven – Symphony no. 8 in F Major, op. 93
4. Borodin – Prince Igor, “Polovtsian Dances”
5. Brahms – Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, op. 68
6. Brahms – Symphony no. 3 in F Major, op. 90
7. Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, op. 98
8. Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
9. Mendelssohn – Ein Sommernachtsraum (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) “Scherzo”
10. Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56 (Scotch or Scottish)
11. Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90 (Italian)
12. Nielsen, Symphony No. 5, op.50
13. Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
14. Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, op.27
15. Ravel – Daphnis and Chloe, Suite no. 2
16. Respighi – Pini di Roma
17. Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34
18. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, op. 35
19. Rossini – Overture to Semiramide
20. Schubert – Symphony no. 8 in B Minor, D. 759, (Unfinished)
21. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 1, op. 10
22. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 9, op. 70
23. Sibelius – Symphony no. 1 in E Minor, op. 39
24. R. Strauss – Don Juan, op. 20
25. R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
26. Stravinsky – Firebird Suite (1919)
27. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4 in F Minor, op. 36
28. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, op. 64
29. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op. 74 (Pathétique)

E-flat Clarinet Parts:

1. Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, op. 14
2. Ravel – Daphnis and Chloe, Suite no. 2
3. Ravel – Bolero
4. Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
5. R. Strauss – Till Eulenspeigels lustige Streiche, op. 28
6. Stravinsky – Le Sacre du printemps

Bass Clarinet Parts:

1. Grofé – Grand Canyon Suite
2. Shostakovich – Violin Concerto
3. R. Strauss – Don Quixote, op. 35
4. Stravinsky – Le Sacre du printemps
5. Wagner – Tristan und Isolde, Act II

You must include a movement of unaccompanied Bach and a movement of a major concerto (with cadenza, if applicable) by memory.

List A

1. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 (movement II)
2. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 (movement III)
3. Mozart: Symphony no. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543 (movement I)
4. Mozart: Symphony no. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543 (movement IV)
5. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, op. 68 (movement I)
6. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, op. 68 (movement II)
7. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, op. 68 (movement IV)
8. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 in F Minor, op. 36 (movement I)
9. Bach, J.S.: Suite no. 2 for orchestra, BWV 1067
10. Mahler: Symphony no. 1 in D Major, solo

List B

1. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A Major, op. 92 (movement I) 12. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 73 (movement I) 13. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 73 (movement II) 14. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 73 (movement IV) 15. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
2. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D Major, K. 385 (movement I) 17. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D Major, K. 385 (movement IV) 18. Verdi: Otello, Act IV, Scene 3, section solo
3. Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kijé (solo)
4. Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

List C

1. Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 (movement I)
2. Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 (movement IV)
3. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, (Jupiter) (movement I) 24. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, (Jupiter) (movement IV) 25. R. Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20
4. Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C Minor (1st page)
5. Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5, op. 47
6. Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes (solo)
7. Stravinsky: Pulcinella (solo)
8. Haydn: Symphony no. 31 in D Major (Hob.I:31) (solo)

MUPG 642 notes: Sight reading of excerpts not on this list from the standard orchestral repertoire may be added at the discretion of the examining panel.

Flute:

• Bach Aus Liebe
• Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 3
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
• Bizet - Carmen No. 1
• Brahms - Symphony No. 1
• Brahms - Symphony No. 4
• Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
• Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
• Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Gluck - Danse of the Blessed Spirits (Ballet Suite No. 1) Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphoses
• Mendelssohn - Scherzo from Midsummers Night's Dream Prokofiev - Classical Symphony
• Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
• Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
• Ravel - Bolero
• Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
• Rossini - William Tell Overture
• Saint-Saens - Carnaval des Animaux
• Schumann - Symphony No. 1
• Strauss - Till Eulenspigiel
• Strauss - Death and Transfiguration
• Strauss - Symphonia Domestica
• Strauss - Salome
• Stravinsky - Chant du Rossignol
• Stravinsky - Firebird Suite
• Stravinsky - Petrouchka

Second Flute:

• Dvorak, New World Symphony
• Mendelssohn, Fourth Symphony
• Ravel,Daphnis and Chloe
• Ravel, Mother Goose
• Smetana, Moldau

Piccolo:

• Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
• Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust
• Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
• Rossini - La Gazza Ladra
• Rossini - Semiramide
• Stravinsky - Firebird Suite
• Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4

MUPG 642 notes: Sight reading of excerpts not on this list from the standard orchestral repertoire may be added at the discretion of the examining panel.

1. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no. 1, BWV 1046
2. Bach – Mass in B minor, BWV 232
3. Beethoven – Overture to Fidelio
4. Beethoven – Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55
5. Beethoven – Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 (Pastoral)
6. Beethoven – Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92
7. Beethoven – Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93
8. Beethoven – Symphony no. 9 in d minor, op. 125
9. Berlioz – “Queen Mab Scherzo” from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
10. Brahms – Concerto for Piano no. 1 in d minor, op. 15
11. Brahms – Concerto for Piano no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83
12. Brahms – Symphony no. 1 in c minor, op. 68
13. Brahms – Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73
14. Brahms – Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90
15. Brahms – Symphony no. 4 in e minor, op. 98
16. Bruckner – Symphony no. 4
17. Dvořák – Concerto for Cello in b minor, op. 104
18. Dvořák – Symphony no. 9 in e minor, op. 95
19. Franck – Symphony in d minor
20. Haydn – Symphony no. 31 (Hornsignal)
21. Mahler – Symphony no. 1 in D major
22. Mahler – Symphony no. 5 in c-sharp minor
23. Mendelssohn – “Nocturne” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 64
24. Mendelssohn – Symphony no. 3 in a minor, op. 56 (Scottish)
25. Mozart – Symphony no. 40 in g minor, K. 550
26. Mussorgsky, arr. Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
27. Ravel – Bolero
28. Ravel – Concerto for Piano in G major
29. Ravel – Pavan for a Dead Princess
30. Rossini – Overture to Semiramide
31. Saint-Saëns – Symphony no. 3, op. 78 (Organ)
32. Schubert – Symphony no. 9, D. 944 (Great)
33. Schumann – Symphony no. 3, op. 97 (Rhenish)
34. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 5, op. 47
35. R. Strauss – Don Juan, op. 20
36. R. Strauss – Don Quixote, op. 35
37. R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
38. Stravinsky – Firebird Suite (1919 version)
39. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4, op. 36
40. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 5, op. 64
41. Wagner – Götterdämmerung (short call)
42. Wagner – Prelude to Das Rheingold 43. Wagner – Siegfried (long call)
43. Weber – Overture to Der Freischütz 45. Weber – Overture to Oberon

MUPG 642 notes: Prepare all 26 orchestral excerpts listed below plus four additional excerpts to be chosen by the student and teacher for a total of thirty (30) orchestral excerpts. Sight reading of excerpts not on this list from the standard orchestral repertoire may be added at the discretion of the examining panel.

1. Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
2. Beethoven – Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major, op. 55
3. Beethoven – Symphony no. 6 in F Major, op. 68
4. Beethoven – Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125
5. Berlioz – Roméo et Juliette
6. Bizet – Symphony in C Major
7. Brahms – Symphony no. l in C Minor, op. 68
8. Brahms – Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77
9. Debussy – La Mer
10. Falla – El Amor Brujo
11. Haydn – Symphony no. 96 in D Major (H. I, 96)
12. Ibert – Escales
13. Mahler – Symphony no. 3 in D Minor
14. Mendelssohn – Symphony no. 3 in A Minor, op. 56
15. Mozart – Symphony no. 41 in C Major, K. 551, (Jupiter)
16. Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
17. Ravel – La Valse
18. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, op. 35
19. Rossini – L’italiana in Algieri, Overture
20. Rossini – La Scala di Seta, Overture
21. Schubert – Symphony no. 8 in B Minor, D. 759, (Unfinished)
22. Schubert – Symphony no. 9 in C Major, D. 944, (Great)
23. Schumann – Symphony no. 2 in C Major, op. 61
24. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 1, op. 10
25. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 7, op. 60
26. R. Strauss – Don Juan, op. 20
27. R. Strauss – Don Quixote, op. 35
28. Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
29. Stravinsky – Chant du Rossignol (Song of the Nightingale)
30. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4 in F Minor, op. 36

• MUPG 641: Prepare 25-27 excerpts from the list below plus a snare solo and marimba solo.  The orchestral excerpts and the snare solo and marimba solo will be chosen by you and your teacher.
• MUPG 642: Prepare the entire list below.

Repertoire:

1. One snare drum etude
2. One movement from J. S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin or Suite for solo cello Suites on marimba

Timbales –

1. Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
2. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4 in F Minor, op. 36
3. Saint-Saëns – Samson et Dalila, Act III, Scene 2, "Bacchanale"
4. Mozart – Symphony no. 35 in D Major, K. 385
5. Beethoven – Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
6. Stravinsky – Oedipus Rex
7. Wagner – Götterdämmerung, Act III, "Siegfried's Funeral March"
8. Britten – Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
9. R. Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier

Caisse-Claire –

1. Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
2. Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Suites 1 & 2
3. Prokofiev – Suite from Lieutenant Kijé
4. Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé
5. Debussy – Nocturnes
6. Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
7. Rossini – La Gazza Ladra
8. Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34
9. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 7, op. 60
10. W. Schuman – Symphony no. 3
11. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherezade, op. 35
12. Stravinsky – Les Noces

Glockenspiel –

1. Wagner – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2. Wagner – Götterdämmerung
3. Wagner – Siegfried
4. Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty
5. Stravinsky – Petrushka
6. R. Strauss – Don Juan, op. 20
7. Debussy – La Mer
8. Respighi – Pini di Roma
9. Mozart – Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
10. Dukas – L’Apprenti Sorcier

Xylophone –

1. Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye
2. Shostakovich – Polka
3. Stravinsky – Firebird
4. Stravinsky – Les Noces
5. Gershwin – Porgy and Bess
6. Kabalevsky – Colas Breugnon

Castagnettes –

1. Wagner – Tannhäuser, Act I, "Bacchanale"

Tambour de Basque –

1. Dvořák – Carnival Overture, op. 92

Grosse Caisse et Cymbales attachées –

1. Stravinsky – Petrushka

Cymbales –

1. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4 in F Minor, op. 36



MUPG 642 notes: Sight reading of excerpts not on this list from the standard orchestral repertoire may be added at the discretion of the examining panel.

First Trombone Parts – Complete:

1. Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet)
2. Beethoven – Symphonies no. 5, 6 and 9 (Alto Trombone)
3. Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14
4. Berlioz – « Marche hongroise » (Rákóczi March or Hungarian March) from La Damnation de Faust
5. Borodin – Prince Igor, “Polovtsian Dances”
6. Brahms – Symphonies no 1, 2, 3 and 4
7. Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
8. Mahler – Symphony no. 3 in D Minor
9. Ravel – L’Enfant et les Sortilèges
10. Ravel – Bolero
11. Rossini – Guillaume Tell (William Tell) Overture
12. Saint-Saëns – Symphony no. 3 in C Minor, op. 78
13. Schumann – Symphonies no. 1 and 2
14. Schumann – Symphonies no. 3 and 4 (Alto Trombone)
15. R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
16. R. Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30
17. R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
18. Stravinsky – Firebird Suite (either edition)
19. Wagner – Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)
20. Wagner – Die Walküre, Act III, “Der Ritt der Walküren” (“Ride of the Valkyries”)
21. Wagner – Tannhäuser (Overture)

Second Trombone Parts – Complete:

1. Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet)
2. Mahler – Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp Minor
3. Mozart – Requiem in D Minor, K. 626, “Tuba Mirum” 25. Rimsky-Korsakov – La Grande Pâque Russe (Overture) 26. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherezade, op. 35
4. R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28

Bass Trombone:

1. Wagner – Die Walküre, Act III, “Der Ritt der Walküren” (“Ride of the Valkyries”) 29. Kodály – Hary János Suite
2. R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
3. Wagner – Tannhäuser Overture
4. Wagner – Das Rheingold (Finale, Entrance of the Gods)
5. Schumann – Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major, op. 97 (4th Mvt.)
6. Franck – Symphony in D Minor
7. Wagner – Lohengrin, prelude to Act III
8. R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
9. Haydn – Die Schöpfung (The Creation), no. 26, “Chor und Terzett: Achieved is the glorious work” 38. Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125
10. Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin
11. Respighi – Pini di Roma
12. R. Strauss – Bürger als Edelmann (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), op. 60
13. Rossini – Guillaume Tell (William Tell) Overture
14. Berlioz – « Marche hongroise » (Rákóczi March or Hungarian March) from La Damnation de Faust 44. Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
15. Weinberger – Schwanda, the Bagpiper, Act II, Scene 1, “Fugue”
16. Berg – Wozzeck
17. Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture
18. Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14
19. Borodin – Prince Igor, “Polovtsian Dances”
20. Delibes – Coppélia (Mazurka)
21. Mahler – Symphony no. 7
22. Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé Suite
23. Rossini – La Gazza Ladra Overture
24. Schubert – Symphony no. 9 in C Major, D. 944
25. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 5, op. 47
26. R. Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30
27. Stravinsky – Petrushka (1911)

MUPG 642 notes: Sight reading of excerpts not on this list from the standard orchestral repertoire may be added at the discretion of the examining panel.

1. Bach, J.S. – Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
2. Bach, J.S. – Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248
3. Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
4. Beethoven – Leonore Overture no. 2
5. Beethoven – Leonore Overture no. 3
6. Bizet – Carmen, Suite no. 1
7. Brahms – Akademische Festouvertüre (Academic Festival Overture)
8. Brahms – Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 73
9. Bruckner – Symphony no. 7 in E Major
10. Copland – An Outdoor Overture
11. Debussy – Nocturnes, “Fetes”
12. Gershwin – Concerto in F (for piano and orchestra)
13. Gershwin – An American in Paris
14. Mahler – Symphony no. 1 in D Major
15. Mahler – Symphony no. 2 in C Minor
16. Mahler – Symphony no. 3 in D Minor (Posthorn solo)
17. Mahler – Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp Minor
18. Mussorgsky, arr. Ravel – Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition)
19. Ravel – Concerto in G (for piano and orchestra)
20. Respighi – Pini di Roma
21. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, op. 35
22. Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34
23. Schumann – Symphony no. 2 in C Major, op. 61
24. Strauss, R. – Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 (B-flat & E-flat parts)
25. Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op. 20
26. Strauss, R. – Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30
27. Stravinsky – Petrushka (original and 1947 version)
28. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4 in F Minor, op. 36
29. Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien, op. 45
30. Wagner – Tannhäuser Overture
31. Wagner – Parsifal

MUPG 642 notes: Sight reading of excerpts not on this list from the standard orchestral repertoire may be added at the discretion of the examining panel.

1. Berlioz – « Marche hongroise » (« Rákóczi March » or « Hungarian March ») from La Damnation de Faust
2. Berlioz – Overture to Le Corsaire, op. 21
3. Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, op. 14
4. Berlioz – Roméo et Juliette, op. 17
5. Brahms – Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 73
6. Bruckner – Symphony no. 4 in E-flat Major, (Romantic)
7. Bruckner – Symphony no. 7 in E Major
8. Elgar – Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, (Enigma)
9. Franck – Symphony in D Minor
10. Gershwin – An American in Paris
11. Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
12. Holst – The Planets
13. Mahler – Symphony no. 2 in C Minor
14. Mahler – Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp Minor
15. Mendelssohn – Sommernachtstraum (Midsummer Night’s Dream)
16. Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) – Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition)
17. Prokofiev – Symphony no. 5 in B-flat Major, op. 100
18. Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Ballet
19. Respighi – Fontane di Roma
20. Revueltas – Sensemayá
21. Strauss, R. – Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
22. Strauss, R. – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
23. Strauss, R. – Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30
24. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 5, op. 47
25. Stravinsky – Petrushka (1911 and 1947)
26. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 6 in B Minor, op. 74, (Pathéthique)
27. Verdi – La Forza del Destino, Prelude
28. Wagner – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, prelude
29. Wagner – Die Walküre, “Der Ritt der Walküren” (“Ride of the Valkyries”) from Act III
30. Wagner – Lohengrin, prelude to Act III
31. Wagner – Siegfried, “Act II

You must include a movement of unaccompanied Bach and a movement of a major concerto (with cadenza, if applicable) by memory.

1. Adam – Giselle – viola solo
2. Beethoven – Symphony no. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 (2nd mvt.)
3. Beethoven – Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major, op. 55 (Scherzo)
4. Berlioz – Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, op. 23
5. Berlioz – Overture to Le Carnaval Romain, op. 9
6. Berlioz – Harold en Italie, op. 16 – Alto Principale
7. Brahms – Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 73
8. Brahms – Variationen über ein Thema von Joseph Haydn, op. 56a (Variations 5 and 7)
9. Bruckner – Symphony no. 4 in E-flat Major (2nd mvt.)
10. Enesco – Rhapsodie roumaine no. 1 – viola solo
11. Ginastera – Variaciones concertantes – viola solo
12. Kodály – Háry János, op. 15 – viola solo
13. Mendelssohn – Ein Sommernachtstraum (Midsummer Night’s Dream) (Scherzo)
14. Mendelssohn – Symphony no.4 in A Major, op. 90, (Italian) (1st and 4th mvts.)
15. Mozart – Overture to Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K.620
16. Mozart – Symphony no. 35 in D Major, K. 385, (Haffner) (1st mvt.)
17. Mahler – Symphony no. 10
18. Prokofiev – Symphony no. 1 in D Major, op. 25, (Classical) (1st and 4th mvts.)
19. Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe, Suite no. 2
20. Ravel – Ma mère l’oye – viola solo
21. Rossini – Overture to La Gazza Ladra
22. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 5, op. 47
23. Smetana – Overture to The Bartered Bride
24. R. Strauss – Don Juan, op. 20
25. R. Strauss – Don Quichote, op. 35 – solo viola
26. R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
27. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.6 in B Minor, op. 74 (1st mvt.)
28. Wagner – Overture to Tannhaüser
29. Weber – Overture to Euryanthe
30. Weber – Der Freichütz – Viola solo

You must include a movement of unaccompanied Bach and a movement of a major concerto (with cadenza, if applicable) by memory.

1. Bach – Matthäuspassion (St. Matthew Passion) (violin solos)
2. Bartók – Divertimento for String Orchestra, op. 113
3. Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
4. Beethoven – “Leonore” Overture no. 3
5. Beethoven – Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 36
6. Beethoven – Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55
7. Beethoven – Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125
8. Brahms – Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, op. 68 (including violin solos)
9. Brahms – Symphony no. 4 in E Minor, op. 98
10. Brahms – Variationen über ein Thema von Haydn, op. 56a
11. Elgar – Variations on an original theme, op. 36, (Enigma)
12. Hindemith – Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber
13. Mahler – Symphony no. 3 in D Minor (including violin solos)
14. Mahler – Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp Minor
15. Mozart – Symphony no. 35 in D Major, K. 385, (Haffner)
16. Mozart – Symphony no. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543
17. Mozart – Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro (Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
18. Prokofiev – Symphony no. 1 in D Major, op. 25, (Classical)
19. Prokofiev – Symphony no. 5 in B-flat Major, op. 100
20. Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, orchestral suites 1 and 2
21. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, op. 35 (violin solos)
22. Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1, op. 10 (including violin solos)
23. Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5, op. 47 (including violin solos)
24. Smetana – Overture to The Bartered Bride
25. Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op. 20
26. Strauss, R. – Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 (violin solos)
27. Strauss, R. – Der Bürger als Edelmann (Bourgeois Gentilhomme), op. 60 (violin solos)
28. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, op. 36
29. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, op. 64
30. Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake (violin solos)