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Violin

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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, first movement, bars 1–51
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” (Violin II), fourth movement, bars 272–313
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, beginning–[2]
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 (no repeats)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, first movement, bars 41–66
Copland: Appalachian Spring, Suite, [6]–[10]

Cello

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Brahms: Symphony No. 3, third movement, beginning–B
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, third movement, bars 1–79 and 141–218
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, first movement, pick-up to bar 115–second bar of C
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, opening passage–four bars after [1]

Bass

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Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, bar 158–end
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, first movement, E–bar 189
Mozart: Symphony No. 39, first movement, 14 bars before A–C
Haydn: Symphony No. 31, fourth movement, Variation VII

Flute

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Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, beginning–[3]
R. Strauss: Salome, “Dance of the Seven Veils,” [D]–three measures after [H]
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, two before P–end
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, [2]–[4]

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

Oboe

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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Act II, No. 10: bars 1–19
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, second movement, bars 8–16 and 36–47
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta, beginning–[3]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, second movement, bars 32–67

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

Clarinet

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9, second movement, bars 1–32; third movement, bars 1–17
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, third movement, bars 48–78 (no repeat)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, second movement, bars 8–56
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, second movement, bars 68–77

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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Brahms: Violin Concerto (Bassoon II), second movement, Adagio, bars 1–32
Haydn: Symphony No. 88, Finale, beginning—bar 32
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, [43]–[45]
Ravel: Boléro, [2]–[3]

OPTIONAL CONTRABASSOON
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, second movement, [65]–9 bars after [68]

Horn

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Brahms: Symphony No. 3, third movement, one bar before F–13 bars after F
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, first movement, beginning–three bars before [2]
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, first movement, bars 84–110
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, first movement, [17]–one bar after [21]

Trumpet

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Respighi: Pines of Rome, second movement, offstage solo
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, “Neapolitan Dance”
Mussorgsky: Opening to Pictures at an Exhibition
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, first movement, bars 358–396

Trombone

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Berlioz: La damnation de Faust (Trombone II), “Hungarian March,” six bars before [20]–two bars after [21]
Wagner: “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
Mozart: Requiem (Tuba Mirum), beginning—[A]
Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges (Trombone I), [33]—one bar after [35]

Bass Trombone

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Wagner: Das Rheingold, scene IV, “Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla”
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, fourth movement, beginning–13 bars after A
Haydn: The Creation, No. 26, beginning–C
Rossini: William Tell Overture, “The Storm”

Tuba

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Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, J–L
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, first movement, [3]–[6]
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, second movement, L–second bar of P
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, three bars before [37]–four bars before [38]

Timpani and Percussion

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Timpani

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, first movement, 18 bars before S–end
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, second movement, S–T and two before Z–end

Marimba

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Snare Drum

Delécluse: Etude No. 1 from 12 Etudes for Snare Drum
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, second movement, [37]–[40] and fourth movement–end

Xylophone

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, beginning–five bars after [2]

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

Harp

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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, second movement, beginning–four after [23]
Tchaikovsky: “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker, cadenza with arpeggios
Ravel: Tzigane, cadenza, [4]–[5]
Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Adagietto, beginning to [2]