Orchestral Excerpts
Semester
I
Beethoven Egmont
Overture, Leonore Calls No. 2 and 3
Brahms Academic
Festival Overture
Mussorgsky Pictures
at an Exhibition (Promenade)
Respighi Roman
Festivals (off-stage)
Rossini William
Tell Overture
Stravinsky Petrushka
(ballerina's dance)
Semester
II
Bach Brandenburg
Concerto No. 2 (octave lower)
Copland An
Outdoor Overture, Fanfare for the Common Man
Gershwin An
American in Paris, Piano Concerto in F
Prokofiev Lt.
Kije
Stravinsky Petrushka
(ballerina's dance)
Tchaikovsky Capriccio
Italien, 1812 Overture, Marche Slave, Nutcracker (Le
Chocalate)
Semesters III and IV
Beethoven Symphonies
Nos. 3 and 5
Debussy Fetes
Dukas Sorcerer's
Apprentice
Dvorak Symphonies
Nos. 8 and 9
Franck Symphony
in d minor
Handel Messiah
Prokofiev Peter
and the Wolf
Ravel Bolero
(trumpet I in C), Piano Concerto
Respighi Fountains
of Rome, Pines of Rome (off-stage solo)
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio
Espagnol, Russian Easter Overture
Shostakovitch Symphony
No. 5
Sibelius Finlandia
Tchaikovsky Symphony
No. 4, Romeo and Juliet
Verdi Requiem
(off-stage)
Semesters V and VI
Debussy La
Mer
Handel Messiah
Mahler Symphonies
Nos. 3 (off-stage) and 5 (opening solos)
Ravel Daphnis
et Chloe
Rimsky-Korsakov Le
Coq d'Or, Scherezade
Scriabin Poem
of Ecstasy
Shostakovitch Piano
Concerto
Sibelius Symphony
No. 2
Stravinsky Firebird,
Petrushka
Tchaikovsky Symphonies
No. 5 and 6
Wagner Parsifal
Prelude
Semesters VII and VIII
Bartok Concerto
for Orchestra
Handel Royal
Fireworks Music, Water Music
Mussorgsky Pictures
at an Exhibition (Samuel and Schmuyle)
Ravel Rhapsodie
espagnol
Strauss tone
poems
Stravinsky Petrushka
(ending), L'Histoire du Soldat, Rite of Spring
Semesters IX and X:
Bach Brandenburg
Concerto No. 2, B minor Mass, Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat
Mahler Symphonies
Ravel Bolero
(D trumpet)
Wagner music
dramas
Importance of Studying Orchestral
Excerpts:
1)
It is a wonderful opportunity to play trumpet music written by major
composers, most of whom did not write solos for the trumpet.
2) The discipline required to play
orchestral excerpts extremely well is the same discipline required to play any
music really well.
3) Orchestras perform in large,
resonant halls with a lot of reverb. It
is therefore necessary to play with great clarity.
Clarity is important to any ensemble, and
clarity makes your playing sparkle.
4) Orchestral music is one on a
part -- each player is a soloist.
5) There are a fair number of
orchestras around, and they generally pay you to play with them!
6) Recordings of professionals
playing this music are readily available so you can hear how the music should
REALLY sound.
7) Transposition teaches mental
discipline and makes reading music that doesn't require transposing that much
easier.
8) Band directors must transpose
all the time when they read scores and talk to students about their parts.
9) When you transpose while you are
playing, the transposition must be done in real time.
Any hesitancy in thinking results in
missed notes or a hitch in the rhythm.
