Carnegie Hall

Violin

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Mozart: Symphony No. 39, first movement, Allegro–C
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 (Violin II), second movement fugue, 15 bars after [32]–4 bars before [35]

Viola

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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, first movement, bars 292–316
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, first movement, bars 19–66

Cello

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Brahms: Symphony No. 2, second movement, beginning–A and C–downbeat of 55
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, N–O

Bass

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, fourth movement, bars 431–441 and 454–525
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Overture, bar 158–end

Flute

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Bellini: Norma, “Casta diva” solo
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, two bars before P–end

Oboe

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Brahms: Violin Concerto, second movement, bars 1–32
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Act II, No. 10, bars 1–19

Clarinet

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, second movement, one bar before D–one bar before E
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, second movement, bars 1–22

Bassoon

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Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, bars 101–123 and 139–171
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, second movement, bar 274–end

Alto Saxophone

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Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, bars 17–34 and 400–448
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, “Il vecchio castello,” [20]–[23]

Horn

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Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (Horn I solo), third movement, F–12 bars after F
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Horns I and II), third movement, bars 169–202

Trumpet

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Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, offstage solo
Copland: An Outdoor Overture, bars 16–34

Trombone

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Berlioz: La damnation de Faust (Trombone II), “Hungarian March,” six bars before [20]–two bars after [21]
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, first movement, Q–two measures before R

Bass Trombone

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Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, “Hungarian March,” six bars before [4]–two bars after [5]
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, fourth movement, beginning–13 bars after A

Tuba

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Brahms: Symphony No. 2, fourth movement, O–14 bars before P
Wagner: Die Walküre, “Ride of the Valkyries”

Timpani and Percussion

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Timpani

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, first movement, 18 bars before [S]–end

Marimba

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Snare Drum

Delécluse: Etude No. 1 from 12 Etudes
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, [49]–[51]

Xylophone

Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon

Glockenspiel

Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Sleeping Beauty

Tambourine

Bizet: Carmen, “Aragonaise”

Harp

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Tchaikovsky: “Waltz of the Flowers” cadenza from The Nutcracker
Britten: Variation I from The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino

Orchestral Keyboard

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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, second movement, S–end
Stravinsky: Pétrouchka, “Danse russe,” [64]–9 bars after [72]