Orchestral Violin Excerpts List

[av_section min_height=” min_height_px=’500px’ padding=’default’ shadow=’no-shadow’ bottom_border=’no-border-styling’ scroll_down=” id=” color=’main_color’ custom_bg=” src=” attach=’scroll’ position=’top left’ repeat=’no-repeat’ video=” video_ratio=’16:9′ video_mobile_disabled=” overlay_enable=” overlay_opacity=’0.5′ overlay_color=” overlay_pattern=” overlay_custom_pattern=”]

[av_video src=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEj6CNv8qEg’ format=’16-9′ width=’16’ height=’9′]

[av_button label=’View Video Lessons:’ link=’manually,http://www.violinexcerpts.com/video-lessons/’ link_target=” size=’large’ position=’center’ icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ color=’dark’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’]

[/av_section][av_heading tag=’h3′ padding=’10’ heading=’ViolinExcerpts.com helps violinists prepare for orchestral auditions.’ color=” style=’blockquote modern-quote modern-centered’ custom_font=” size=’35’ subheading_active=’subheading_below’ subheading_size=’15’ custom_class=”]
Choose your excerpt below to hear recordings:
[/av_heading]

[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”]

Adams:

Doctor Atomic Symphony mvt I (mm. 66-113)

Bach:

St. Matthew’s Passion, Aria No. 47 “Erbame dich” (Concertmaster Solo)
B minor Mass, “Laudamus Te” (Concertmaster Solo)

Bartok:

Concerto for Orchestra mvt I (mm. 55-63)
Concerto for Orchestra mvt I (mm. 76-135)
Concerto for Orchestra mvt I (mm. 476-end)
Concerto for Orchestra mvt V (mm. 21-86)
Concerto for Orchestra mvt V (mm. 88-144)
Concerto for Orchestra mvt V (mm.265-325 2nd Vln)
Concerto for Orchestra mvt V (mm. 394-436)

Beethoven:

Symphony 1, mvt I Beginning-Reh B
Symphony 1, mvt III
Symphony 3, mvt 1 (mm. 55-73 and 571-585)
Symphony 3 Scherzo (beginning to 2nd ending)
Symphony 6 mvt IV (mm. 1-19) 2nd Vln
Symphony 7 mvt I (mm. 83-138)
Symphony 7 mvt II (mm. 51-100)
Symphony 9 mvt III (mm. 99-114)
Symphony 9 mvt II (2nd Violin part)
Leonora Overture No. 3 (Presto)

Berg:

Lulu Act III Concertmaster Cadenza

Brahms:

Piano Concerto 1 mvt III (mm. 238-274) 2nd Violin
Symphony 1 mvt I (page I)
Symphony 1 mvt II (Concertmaster Solo Reh E-End)
Symphony 2 mvt I (mm. 17-66)
Symphony 2 mvt I (mm.101-155)
Symphony 2 mvt II (mm. 51-55)
Symphony 2 mvt III (Two Excerpts)
Symphony 2 mvt IV (mm 1-60)
Symphony 2 mvt IV (Three Excerpts)
Symphony 3 mvt I (Beg til Reh B)
Symphony 3 mvt I (mm. 57-90)
Symphony 3 mvt I (mm. 183-212)
Symphony 3 mvt II (mm. 62-80)
Symphony 3 mvt III (mm. 12-41)
Symphony 3 mvt IV (mm. 30-105)
Symphony 3 mvt IV (mm. 149-172)

Symphony 4 mvt I (page I)
Symphony 4 mvt 1 (392-end)
Symphony 4 mvt II (30-40)
Symphony 4 mvt II (74-102)
Symphony 4 mvt III (beginning til Reh. B)
Symphony 4 mvt IV (mm. 33-80)
Symphony 4 mvt IV (mm. 169-199)

Bruckner:

Symphony 9 mvt III (mm 57-65) 2nd Violin

Copland:

Symphony 3, mvt 4 (Reh 90-98)

Debussy:

La Mer (Reh. 19-20)
La Mer (Reh. 33 to 38)
La Mer, (Reh. 47-48)
Prelude to the afternoon of a faun

Dvořák:

Cello Concerto, Mvt III, Concertmaster Solo (Reh. 11-12)
Symphony No. 8, Mvt. II Concertmaster Solo
Serenade in E-Major, Op. 22. Mvt. II (Beginning until 5m after [D])

Elgar:

Enigma Variations, Var. No. 2, 2nd Violin

Gershwin:

Porgy and Bess, Introduction (Beginning until 7m of C

Gounod:

Faust, Act III No. 12, Cavatine (Concertmaster Solo)

Grofé:

Grand Canyon Suite, mvt. III “On the Trail” Concertmaster Solo

Haydn:

Symphony No. 6 “Le Matin,” Mvt. II Concertmaster Solo (mm18-43)
Symphony No. 103 “Drumroll” Mvt. II Concertmaster Solo (mm.85-107)

Mahler:

Symphony 1, mvt 4 (Reh 16-19)
Symphony 5, mvt I (Reh. 7-11)
Symphony 5, mvt III (13 after Reh 30-End)
Symphony 5, mvt IV (Beg.til 5m before #2)
Symphony 9, mvt I (m. 223 until Reh 13 1st Vln
Symphony 9, mvt I (mm. 346-375) 2nd Vln
Symphony 9, mvt IV (mm. 1-28) 2nd Vln

Massenet:

Werther, Act III (2m before 140 until 10m after 141)

Mendelssohn:

Midsummer’s Night Dream, Scherzo (mm. 17-99)
Symphony 4 mvt I (mm. 1-110)

Mozart:

Overture to Magic Flute mm. 16-39 2nd Vln
The Magic Flute, Act I (Introduction)
The Magic Flute, Act II (No. 16 Terzett)

Overture to Marriage of Figaro (pg 1) 2nd Violin
Marriage of Figaro, Act 1 No. 5 (mm. 1-36) 2nd Vln

Symphony 35 Mvt I (mm1-66)
Symphony 35 Mvt II (mm. 1-35)
Symphony 35 mvt IV (Two Excerpts) 2nd Violin
Symphony 39 mvt I (mm. 1-16)
Symphony 39 mvt I (Allegro-Reh. C)
Symphony 39 mvt II (mm. 1-27)
Symphony 39 mvt II (mm. 96-126)
Symphony 39 mvt IV (beginning- Reh B)
Symphony 41 mvt IV (Beg-157) 2nd Vln
Symphony 41 mvt IV (mm. 272-313) 2nd Vln
Violin Concerto #4, mvt I (Exposition)

Prokofiev:

Classical Symphony mvt 1 (beginning- Reh. H)
Classical Symphony mvt II (Reh A-C)
Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1 “Death of Tybalt” Reh 70-74

Symphony No. 5 mvt I (Reh 22 until 1m before Reh 23)
Symphony No. 5 mvt III (Reh 72 until 2m after Reh 73)

Puccini:

Madame Butterfly, Act I (Reh 39-41)
Madame Butterfly, Act I (Reh 128 until 2m after 132)
Madame Butterfly, Prelude to Act II (Reh 10-13)
Turandot, Act I (Reh 3-7)

Rachmaninov:

Symphony 2 mvt II (2nd Violin fugue)
Symphonic Dances, Mvt. I (3m after Reh 6 until Reh 8)

Rimsky-Korsakov:

Scheherazade, mvt I (3 Concertmaster Solos)
Scheherazade, mvt II (Concertmaster Solo)
Scheherazade, mvt III (Concertmaster Solo)
Scheherazade, mvt IV (3 Concertmaster Solos)

Capriccio Espagnol, Mvt III (Concertmaster Solo)
Capriccio Espagnol, Mvt IV (Concertmaster Solo)

Rossini:

Armida, Act III No. 13 Duet (Concertmaster Solo)

Schubert:

Symphony 2 mvt I (mm11-64)
Symphony 4 mvt IV (mm63-114) 2nd Violin

Schumann:

Symphony 2, Scherzo (page 1)
Symphony 2, Scherzo (Coda)

Shostakovich:

Symphony 5 mvt I (Reh. 9-13)
Symphony 5 mvt I (Reh. 32-36)
The Nose (2 Concertmaster Excerpts)

Smetana:

Overture to the Bartered Bride (2nd Violin)

Strauss, Johann II:

Die Fledermaus Overture (2 excerpts)

Strauss, Richard:

Also Sprach Zarathustra (Concertmaster Solo 26-31)
Alpine Symphony (Reh 130-134) 2nd Violin
Der Burger als Edelmann, or “Le bourgeois gentilhomme,” No. 4 Concertmaster Excerpt
Der Rosenkavalier, Act I (beginning until Reh 8)
Der Rosenkavalier, Act II (Reh. 22-24 2nd Vln
Der Rosenkavalier, Act II (Reh. 98-99)
Der Rosenkavalier, (3 Concertmaster Excerpts)
Don Juan Op. 20 (page I)
Don Juan Op. 20 (Reh Q-U)
Ein Heldenleben (Concertmaster Solo)
Salome: (Two Excerpts)
Till Eulenspiegel (Reh 29 until Reh 32)

Stravinsky:

Concerto in D for String Orch. 1946 mvt I (Reh 5-17) 2nd Vln
Concerto in D for String Orch. 1946 mvt I (Reh 38-44) 2nd Vln
Pulcinella Suite, Tarantella Reh. 54-62 2nd vln solo part
Rite of Spring (Reh. 72-79)

Tchaikovsky:

Nutcracker Overture, (Reh C-D)
Nutcracker Overture, (last 49 measures) top line
Symphony 4, mvt I (Reh. H-L)
Symphony 4, mvt I (Reh V-end)
Swan Lake Suite No. 4 Concertmaster Solo

Verdi:

Don Carlo, Act V Excerpt
Falstaff, Act I Part I (13-14)
Falstaff, Act II Part II (47-48)
La Traviata, Act III Prelude
Un Ballo in Maschera (Reh 36 for 8m.)

Weber:

Overture to Oberon (Two Excerpts

[/av_textblock]

Leave a Reply