TIMPANI & PERCUSSION

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* This information has been posted on August 27, 2018.

Important Dates

Deadline for completed application form and DVD-Video recordings for Preliminary Audition
January 20, 2019

Notification of Preliminary Audition result
February 15, 2019

Final Audition (Live Audition)

Nishinomiya:
March 7
New York:
March 27
Berlin:
March 31


■ Please check these links for application procedures.
- Qualifications and Auditions Procedures
- FAQ



Repertoire for both Preliminary (DVD-Video) and Final (Live) Auditions

■ Those who passed Preliminary(DVD-Video) audition will be informed the orchestra excerpts repertoire for Final(Live) audition. Please use the music designated by the orchestra for the Final(Live) audition. (As for concerto or solo work, please prepare the music according to the preliminary (DVD-Video) audition by yourself.)

  1. Timpani
    1. Jacques Delecluse : 30 ETUDES pour Timbales vol.3 No.29
    2. Bartok : Concert for Orchestra - mvmt.4: bar 42 to bar 51
    3. Beethoven : Symphony No.9 - mvmt.1: beginning to A, 18 bars before S to the end
    4. Mahler : Symphony No.7 - mvmt.5: 223 to 227, 6 bars before 260 to 4 bars after 261, 290 to 291
    5. R.Strauss : Suite from Der Rosenkavalier - Quick Waltz: 6 bar after 62 to the end
    6. Tchaikovsky : Symphony No.4 - mvmt.1: S to U
    7. R. Strauss : Burleske – beginning to A

      8.  ■ Additional repertoire for final (live) audition (below A.8.-12.). 

    8. Beethoven : Symphony No.1 - mvmt.3: 1 bar before A to bar 79
    9. Beethoven : Symphony No.5 - mvmt.3: bar 324 to 4 bars before A of 4th mvmt.
    10. Beethoven : Symphony No.7 - mvmt.1: 20 bars before C to 2 bars after C, mvmt.4: 7 bars before K to the end
    11. Brahms : Symphony No.1 - mvmt.4: bar 375 to the end
    12. Sibelius : Finlandia - D to H

  2. Marimba
    1. One movement from any J.S. Bach solo work (using 2 or 4 mallets).

  3. Snare drum
    1. Jacques Delecluse : DOUZE ETUDES pour Caisse-Claire: No.9
    2. Prokofiev : Lieutenant Kije - mvmt.1: 1 to 2, 13 to the end
    3. Rimsky-Korsakov : Capriccio Espagnol - mvmt.4: beginning to M

      4.  ■ Additional repertoire for final (live) audition (below C.4.-5.). 

    4. Rave : Borelo - beginning to bar 20
    5. Rimsky-Korsakov : Scheherazade - mvmt.3: D to G，mvmt.4: M to U

  4. Xylophone
    1. Jacques Delecluse : VINGT ETUDES pour Xylophone - No.3

      2. ■ Please note it is NOT "VINGT ETUDES D'APRFS R. KREUTZER".

       ■ Additional repertoire for final (live) audition (below D.2.-3.). 

    2. Gershwin : Porgy and Bess - Introduction: beginning to bar 17
    3. Kodaly : Hary Janos Suite - mvmt.6: Solo

  5. Glockenspiel
    1. Dukas : The Sorcerers Apparentice - 4 bars after 17 to 4 bars after 19, 22 to 24

  6. Cymbals
    1. Tchaikovsky : Romeo and Juliet: Solo

      2.  ■ Additional repertoire for final (live) audition (below F.2.). 

    2. Rachmaninov : Piano Concerto No.2 - mvmt.3 - 32 to 33

  7. Tambourine
    1. Bizet : Carmen Suite - Aragones beginning to bar 36

      2.  ■ Additional repertoire for final (live) audition (below G.2.). 

    2. Stravinsky : Petrouchka (1947 version) - 201 to 206