Carnegie Hall

Violin

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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, fifth movement: fugue, measures 265–317, top line (second violin)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, second movement, rehearsal E–F
Mozart: Symphony No. 39, fourth movement, beginning–downbeat of measure 41
Price: Symphony No. 3, third movement (Juba), measures 62–93

Viola

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Jessie Montgomery: Strum, measures 37–44
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, first movement, 2 measures after rehearsal 15–rehearsal 17
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, first movement, measures 19–63 and 86–88

Cello

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, third movement, measures 1–79
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2, third movement, opening–downbeat of measure 9 (solo line only)
Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, rehearsal C–rehearsal D

Bass

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, third movement, Trio, pickup to measure 141 – 218 (no repeat)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, first movement, measures 157–189
Haydn: Symphony No. 31, fourth movement, Variation VII (top line, no repeat)
Jessie Montgomery: Coincident Dances, beginning–measure 12 and measures 17–20

Flute

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Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, measures 328–360
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, fourth movement, measures 89–105
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 version), “Variation de l’oiseau de feu”
John Williams: Hagrid’s Friendly Bird, measures 129–151

PICCOLO
Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1, “Procession of the Sardar,” measures 3–19

Oboe

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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, second movement, measures 25–44
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, second movement, measures 32–67
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Act II, No. 10, measures 1–19

ENGLISH HORN
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, second movement, measures 7–18

Clarinet

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Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, rehearsal 3–rehearsal 4 and rehearsal 6–5 measures after rehearsal 7 (top line)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, beginning–rehearsal 2
Kodály: Dances of Galánta, measures 31–65

E-FLAT CLARINET
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, “Hexensabbat,” rehearsal 63–6 measures after rehearsal 64

BASS CLARINET
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, third movement (“On the Trail”), 8 measures before rehearsal 3–Vivo

Bassoon

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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, second movement, measures 8–24 and 164–181
Brahms: Violin Concerto, second movement: Adagio, measures 1–32 (bassoon 2)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, first movement, measures 105–120
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, second movement, measure 5 (Andantino)–rehearsal A and rehearsal L–rehearsal M

CONTRABASSOON
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, second movement, rehearsal 65–9 measures after rehearsal 68

Horn

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Brahms: Symphony No. 3, third movement, one measure before rehearsal F–12 measures after rehearsal F
Price: Symphony No. 1, third movement, measures 80–97 (third horn), and fourth movement, measures 97–105 (first horn)
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, 9 measures before rehearsal 31–2 measures after rehearsal 33
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, first movement, rehearsal 17–21

Trumpet

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G. Mahler: Symphony No. 5, first movement, opening solo
Price: Symphony No. 1, second movement, beginning–measure 28
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, first movement, rehearsal 2–rehearsal 3
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Neopolitan Dance, beginning–rehearsal 2

Trombone

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Berlioz: Hungarian March from La damnation de Faust, 6 measures before rehearsal 20–2 measures after rehearsal 21 (second trombone)
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, “Mambo,” measures 498–541
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 3, first movement, rehearsal 13–rehearsal 17

Bass Trombone

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Berlioz: Hungarian March from La damnation de Faust, measures 89–114
Haydn: The Creation, No. 26, beginning–rehearsal C
Wagner: Das Rheingold, Scene IV: “Entrance of the Gods to Valhalla”

Tuba

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Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto, measures 142–148 and measures 269–277
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, second movement, 5 measures after rehearsal L–rehearsal N
Holst: The Planets, fourth movement (“Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity”), measures 16–427 and measures 262–274

Timpani and Percussion

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Timpani

Carlos Simon: Tales: A Folklore Symphony, third movement (“Go Down Moses”), measures 255–267
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, second movement, rehearsal S–T and 2 measures before rehearsal Z–end

Xylophone

Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Price: Symphony No. 3, third movement (Juba), measures 151–165

Snare Drum

Timothy Adams: “Small Talk,” first page
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, third movement, rehearsal D–rehearsal E and fourth movement, rehearsal P–rehearsal U

Glockenspiel

Respighi: Pines of Rome, first movement

Tambourine

Bizet: “Aragonaise” from Carmen Suite No. 1, beginning–17 measures after rehearsal B

Cymbals

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

Harp

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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, second movement, beginning–4 measures after rehearsal 23
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Variation I and Fugue
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, rehearsal 2–rehearsal 4 and 5 measures after rehearsal 7–5 measures before rehearsal