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Violin

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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, first movement, bars 1–51
Mozart: Symphony No. 39, second movement, bars 1–27 (no repeats)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, second movement, bars 41–55, and third movement, beginning–second bar after D (top line only)
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (Violin II), fifth movement, bars 265–317

Viola

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, first movement, bars 19–66
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Variation VII, bars 1–10
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte, bars 27–57
Grieg: Holberg Suite, fifth movement, 18 measures before T–10 measures after U (top line only)

Cello

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, second movement, bars 1–16
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, third movement, bars 1–79 and 141–218
Mahler: Symphony No. 5, third movement, [5]–[7] (top line only)
Debussy: La mer, first movement, two bars before [9]–six bars after [9] (top line only)

Bass

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Mozart: Symphony No. 40, first movement, pick-up to 115–138
Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, bar 158–end
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, first movement, fourth bar of B–first bar of C; P–first bar of Q
Haydn: Symphony No. 31, fourth movement, Variation VII

Flute

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Bizet: Entr'acte from Carmen, beginning–five bars before B
R. Strauss: Salome, “Dance of the Seven Veils,” [D]–three measures after [H]
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, two before [P]–end
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version), “Variation de l’oiseau de feu”

OPTIONAL PICCOLO
Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1, “Procession of the Sardar,” bars 3–17

Oboe

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, second movement, beginning–21
Beethoven: Fidelio, Act II, No. 11, bars 81–131 (Oboe I)
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, third movement, beginning–[4]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, second movement, bars 32–67

OPTIONAL ENGLISH HORN
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, second movement, bars 7–18

Clarinet

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, first movement, bars 54–69 and 153–160
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, third movement, bars 48–78 (no repeat)
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, beginning–B
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, first movement, A–B; third movement, 11 bars after K–end

OPTIONAL E-FLAT CLARINET
Ravel: Boléro, three measures after [3]–[4]

OPTIONAL BASS CLARINET
R. Strauss: Don Quixote, [72]–[74]

Bassoon

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, first movement, bars 1–12; and fourth movement, bars 2–36
Ravel: Boléro, [2]–[3]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, second movement, opening solo and cadenzas
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, first movement, bars 105–120

OPTIONAL CONTRABASSOON
Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye, fourth movement, [2]–eight bars after [5]

Horn

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Brahms: Symphony No. 1, second movement, horn solo
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, “short call”
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, bars 6–20, and nine bars before [31]–two bars after [33]
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, first movement, [17]–[21]

Trumpet

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Respighi: Pines of Rome, second movement, offstage solo
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, solo from [2]–[3]
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2, offstage fanfare
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, third movement, two bars after [Dd]–[Ii]

Trombone

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Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, “Hungarian March,” six bars before [20]–two bars after [21] (Trombone II)
Wagner: “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
Mahler: Symphony No. 3, first movement, [13]–[17]
Ravel: Boléro, [10]–[11]

Bass Trombone

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Wagner: Das Rheingold, scene IV, “Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, fourth movement, bars 595–626
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, fourth movement, [E]–eight before [F]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, first movement, one bar after [P]–15 bars before [R]

Tuba

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Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, second movement, [L]–second bar of [P]
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, fourth movement, [O]–14 bars before [P]
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, first movement, [3]–[6]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, third movement, [Ff]–[Kk]

Timpani and Percussion

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Timpani

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, first movement, 18 bars before S–end
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, first movement, four bars before T–9 bars after U

Marimba

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Snare Drum

Delécluse: Etude No. 3 from 12 Etudes for Snare Drum
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, third movement, D–E; and fourth movement, P–U (condense rests from 16 to 4 between R and S)

Xylophone

Stravinsky: The Firebird, one bar before [47]–[48] and [127]–[133]

Glockenspiel

Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, [17]–[20] and [22]–[24]

Tambourine

Dvořák: Carnival Overture, beginning–C

Cymbals

Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso, Op.66, Q–end