Tenor Trombone Orchestral Excerpt Checklist

•Source: Lisemby, “Preparing for Orchestral Auditions” (tally of audition announcements from 18 major orchestras).

•For recordings, see also www.tromboneexcerpts.org.

 

FRESHMAN

_____Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture

pdf: Russian Easter

Recordings: MLL CD 161 vol. 2 (Philadelphia), MLL CD 8548 (London)

Score: M 1004 .R578 op.36 1950 MiniScore

_____Mozart, Requiem—Tuba Mirum

pdf: mozart

Recordings: MLL CD 4158 (Vienna), MLL CD 12747 vol. 5 (Berlin)

Score: M 2010 .M93 K.626 1998 MiniScore

_____Wagner, Lohengrin

Recordings: MLL CD 5725 vol. 66 (New York), MLL CD 13404 (Met), MLL CD 5725 vol. 49 (NBC)

Score: M 1004 .W13 1996

_____Berlioz, Hungarian March

Recordings: MLL CD 962 (Philadelphia), MLL CD 4068 (Boston)

Score: M 1500 .B49 D35x 1970 MiniScore

_____Saint-Saens, Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”)

pdf: Symphony No 3

Recordings: MLL CD 1317 (Boston), MLL CD 303 (Montreal), MLL CD 13058 (Philadelphia)

Score: M 1001 .S154 no. 3 2004 MiniScore

SOPHOMORE

____Rossini, La Gazza Ladra

pdf: La Gazza Ladra

Recordings: MLL CD 12910 (Berlin), MLL CD 5725 vol. 47 (NBC), MLL CD 6516 (Acad St. Martin)

Score: M 1004 .R86 O93x 1960 MiniScore

_____Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherezade

Recordings: MLL CD 161 vol. 2 (Philadelphia), MLL CD 5688 vol.11 (San Francisco)

Score: M 1003 .R56 op.35 1930 MiniScore

_____Brahms, Symphony No. 1

Recordings: MLL CD 4940 (Cleveland), MLL CD 7601 (Philadelphia)

Score: M1001 .B8 no.1 1997 MiniScore

_____Wagner, Tannhauser

pdf: Tannhauser

Recordings: MLL CD 8867 (Concertgebouw), MLL CD 11270 (Berlin), MLL CD 5725 vol. 49

Score: M 1004 .W13 T36x 1950 MiniScore

_____Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis

Recordings: MLL CD 11302 (San Francisco), MLL CD 11855 (Atlanta), MLL CD 13085 (Philadelphia)

Score: M 1003 .H46 S56x 1945 MiniScore

JUNIOR

_____Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel

Recordings: MLL CD 10577 (Cincinnati), MLL CD 12064 (Maazel/Bavarian)

Score: M 1002 .S91 T54x 1960

_____Ravel, Bolero

pdf: Bolero

Recordings: MLL CD 4438 (Philadelphia), MLL CD 12975 (London), Harp CD 94 (Boston),

MLL CD 11637 (Chicago)

Score: M 1049 .R39 B69x 1929 MiniScore

_____Stravinsky, Firebird

Recordings: MLL CD 6941 (New York), MLL CD 2153 (London Phil), MLL CD 6979 (Russian Nat’l),

MLL CD 12792 (Columbia, Stravinsky conducting)

Score: M 1520 .S76 Z5 2000 MiniScore

_____Mahler, Symphony No. 3

Recordings: MLL CD 2038 (New York), MLL CD 3074 (Chicago), MLL CD 3187 (London)

Score: M 1001 .M21 no.3 2002 MiniScore

_____Brahms, Symphony No. 4

pdf: Brahms 4

Recordings: MLL CD 4940 (Cleveland), MLL CD 7601 (Philadelphia)

Score: M1001 .B8 no.4 1932 MiniScore

SENIOR

_____Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra

Recordings: MLL CD 675 (Boston), MLL CD 6711 (Los Angeles), MLL CD 5211 vol. 1 (Chicago)

Score: M 1002 .S91 S92 1979 vol. 2

_____Schumann, Symphony No. 3

Recordings: MLL CD 5725 vol. 16 (NBC), MLL CD 8672 (New Philharmonia), MLL CD 9455

Score: M 1001 .S394 op. 97 1945 MiniScore

_____Rossini, William Tell

pdf: William Tell

Recordings: MLL CD 8866 (Detroit), MLL CD 12910 (Berlin), MLL CD 6516 (Acad St. Martin),

MLL CD 5725 vol. 51 (NBC), MLL CD 6927 (Cincinnati Pops)

Score: M 1004 .R86 G84 1932 MiniScore

_____Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries

pdf: Ride tenor

Recordings: MLL CD 6843 (Met), MLL CD 13068 (Cincinnati Pops), MLL CD 7662 (Berlin),

MLL CD MOOD 43 (Philharmonia), MLL CD 2766 (Boston Pops), MLL CD 13404 (Met)

Score: M 1505 .W13 R55 1996

_____Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique

Recordings: MLL CD 5586 (San Francisco), MLL CD 9882 (Box—CD 3) (London)

Score: M 1001 .S98 1969 MiniScore