Carnegie Hall

Violin

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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, fifth movement: fugue, measures 265–317, top line (second violin)
Mozart: Symphony No. 39, fourth movement, beginning–downbeat of measure 41
Price: Symphony No. 3, third movement (Juba), measures 1–16

Viola

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Jessie Montgomery: Strum, measures 37–44
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
Valerie Coleman: Umoja, measures 475–509
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, second movement, measures 1–16 (no repeat)

Bass

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Brahms: Symphony No. 1, first movement, measures 157–189
Jessie Montgomery: Coincident Dances, beginning–measure 12 and measures 17–20

Flute

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Brahms: Symphony No. 4, fourth movement, measures 89–105
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, fourth movement, rehearsal D–rehearsal E (with repeats)

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

Oboe

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, second movement, measures 8–16 and 36–47
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, second movement, measures 32–67

ENGLISH HORN
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, second movement, measure 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
Puccini: Tosca, Act III: Solo, rehearsal 11–12

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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Mozart: Symphony No. 41, first movement, measures 105–120
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, second movement, measure 5 (Andantino)–rehearsal A
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, second movement, measure 274–end

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

Horn

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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, measures 6–20
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, first movement, rehearsal 17–rehearsal 21

Trumpet

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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
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, first movement, rehearsal Q–2 measures before rehearsal R

Bass Trombone

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Berlioz: Hungarian March from La damnation de Faust, 6 measures before rehearsal 4–2 measures after rehearsal 5
Haydn: The Creation, No. 26, beginning–rehearsal C

Tuba

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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”), measure 16–4 after rehearsal 1 and 4 measures after rehearsal 11–5 before rehearsal 12
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, third movement, 4 measures before rehearsal 3–3 measures before rehearsal 5

Timpani and Percussion

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Timpani

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

Snare Drum

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

Glockenspiel

Respighi: Pines of Rome, first movement

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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

Orchestral Keyboard

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Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Mambo, bars 400–448
Respighi: Pines of Rome, first movement, beginning -10 measures before rehearsal 4
Respighi: Pines of Rome, third movement, rehearsal 16 -end