Carnegie Hall

Violin

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Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, first movement, beginning–measure 51
Mozart: Symphony No. 39, second movement, measures 1–8 (with repeat) and measures 30–38
Price: Symphony No. 3, third movement (Juba), measures 62–93
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, second movement, fugue: 15 bars after rehearsal 32–4 bars before rehearsal 35 (second violin)

Viola

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Reena Esmail: Testament, from Vishwas, measures 38–70
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, second movement, rehearsal 33–rehearsal 34 and 4 measures before rehearsal 35–12 measures after rehearsal 36
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 and 141–218 (top line when divided, play the repeat)
Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, beginning–3 measures after rehearsal 1
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, fourth movement, measure 134–rehearsal E
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, first movement, upbeat to rehearsal 6 to 5 measures after rehearsal 8

Bass

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Haydn: Symphony No. 31, fourth movement, Variation VII
Jessie Montgomery: Coincident Dances, beginning–rehearsal 12 and measures 17–20
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, first movement, pick up to measure 115–138
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Overture, measure 158–end

Flute

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Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, measures 328–360
Bellini: “Casta Diva” (solo) from Norma
R. Strauss: Salome, “Dance of the Seven Veils,” rehearsal D–three measures after rehearsal H
John Williams: Hagrid’s Friendly Bird

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

Oboe

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Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes, Variation VI, 3 measures after rehearsal 39–1 measure before rehearsal 43
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, second movement, measures 32–67
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta, beginning–rehearsal 3

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

Clarinet

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Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, rehearsal 3–4 and rehearsal 6–5 measures after rehearsal 7 (top line)
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, second movement, measures 8 – 56
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, third movement, beginning to 2 measures after rehearsal 47

E-FLAT CLARINET
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, “Hexensabbat,” rehearsal 63–6 measures after rehearsal 64

BASS CLARINET
Grofe: The Grand Canyon Suite, “On the trail,” 8 measures before rehearsal 3–Vivo

Bassoon

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Brahms: Violin Concerto, second movement: Adagio, measures 1–32 (bassoon 2)
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, measures 101–123 and 139–171
Ravel: Boléro, rehearsal 2–rehearsal 3

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

Horn

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, third movement, Trio: measures 171–202 (first and second horns)
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, 9 measures before rehearsal 31–2 measures after rehearsal 33
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, second movement, beginning–16 measures before rehearsal B

Trumpet

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Copland: Outdoor Overture, measures 16–34
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, “Promenade”
Price: Symphony No. 1, second movement, beginning–measure 28
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Neopolitan Dance, beginning – rehearsal 2

Trombone

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Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges, rehearsal 33–rehearsal 35
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell, rehearsal C–9 measures after rehearsal D
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, first movement, rehearsal Q–2 measures before rehearsal R

Bass Trombone

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Haydn: The Creation, No. 26 and beginning–rehearsal C
R. Schumann: Symphony No. 3, fourth movement, beginning–13 measures after rehearsal A
Wagner: Das Rheingold, Scene IV: “Entrance of the Gods to Valhalla”

Tuba

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Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto, measures 142–148 and measures 269–277
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, second movement, 17 measures before rehearsal 36–7 measures after rehearsal 36
Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, rehearsal J–rehearsal L

Timpani and Percussion

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Marimba

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Timpani

Carlos Simon: Tales: A Folklore Symphony, third movement: “Go Down Moses,” measures 255–267
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 7, fifth movement, rehearsal 223–rehearsal 225

Xylophone

Price: Symphony No. 3, third movement (Juba), measures 151–165

Snare Drum

Timothy Adams: “Small Talk,” first page
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, rehearsal 49–rehearsal 51

Glockenspiel

Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, rehearsal 17–rehearsal 20 and rehearsal 22–rehearsal 24

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
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, rehearsal 2–rehearsal 4 and 5 measures after rehearsal 7–5 measures before rehearsal 8
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino, rehearsal G–rehearsal H