Audition Booklet
Transcript of Audition Booklet
2021–22 SeasonAudition Booklet
Bass TromboneOctober 21, 2021
June 28, 2021
Please direct any questions to Joshua Luty, Music Librarian at [email protected]
Possible Sight Reading
Solo Selections
Excerpts
Bach, J. S.Lebedev, A.
Cello Suite No. 5Concerto No. 1
IV. Sarabande (without repeats)
Berg, A.Berg, A.Britten, B.Dvořák, A.Haydn, F. J.Rossini, G.Rossini, G.Verdi, G.Verdi, G.Verdi, G.Verdi, G.Verdi, G.Verdi, G.Wagner, R.Wagner, R.Wagner, R.Wagner, R.Wagner, R.Wagner, R.Wagner, R.
WozzeckWozzeckPeter GrimesRusalkaDie SchöpfungLa gazza ladraGuillaume TellDon CarloFalstaffFalstaffNabuccoOtelloOtelloLohengrinLohengrinDas RheingoldDas RheingoldTannhäuserDie WalküreDie Walküre
Act III, Scene 4: mm. 332–338Act III, Scene 4: mm. 358–365Act I, Interlude 2: 54 to 57Act I: Five after 55 to two before 56 (mm. 693–698)Part II, No. 26, “Vollendet ist das große Werk”: mm. 1–37Sinfonia: mm. 115–135Ouverture: mm. 92–131Act V, No. 19: Beginning to six after B (mm. 1–22)Act II: Two after 7 to six after 7 (mm. 173–177)Act III, Part 1: 7 to ve after 7 (mm. 82–86)Sinfonia: mm. 1–16Act II: Three before the 2nd F to the 2nd F Act II: One before the 2nd O to the 2nd OAct III, Einleitung: 2 to 3 (mm. 32–49)Act III: Two after 62 to eighteen after 62 (mm. 1245–61)Scene 2: Twelve after 37 to seven before 38 (mm. 1163–69)Scene 4: Seven after 147 to end (mm. 3883–end)Ouvertüre: A to seventeen after A (mm. 37–53)Act III: Pickup to 3 to 4 (mm. 36–44)Act III: Four after 10 to 12 (mm. 123–140)
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poco
(Adagio) ( ≈ 60)Nicht eilen
poco
ohne Dämpfermit Baßtuba
335
332
Wozzeck
Trombone 3 Alban Berg
Alban Berg WOZZECKCopyright ©1926 by Universal Edition Vienna
Copyright renewed 1954All Rights Reserved
Used by arrangement with Universal Edition Vienna, publisher and copyright ownerFor use only in Houston Grand Opera’s Bass Trombone audition October 21, 2021
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Act III, Scene 4: mm. 332–338
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( ≈ 60)
(weich)
wieder breiter
alles übertönend
ohne Dämpfer360
358
breit molto rit.molto rit. Tempo I
schon imneuen Tempo
365362
Wozzeck
Trombone 3 Alban Berg
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Alban Berg WOZZECKCopyright ©1926 by Universal Edition Vienna
Copyright renewed 1954All Rights Reserved
Used by arrangement with Universal Edition Vienna, publisher and copyright ownerFor use only in Houston Grand Opera’s Bass Trombone audition October 21, 2021
Act III, Scene 4: mm. 358–365
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largamente ( ≈ 92)
legatiss.
solo
54
55 56
Peter Grimes
Trombone 3 Benjamin Britten
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Act I, Interlude 2: 54 to 57
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Benjamin Britten PETER GRIMESCopyright ©1945 by Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd
All Rights ReservedReprinted with kind permission from Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
For use only in Houston Grand Opera’s Bass Trombone audition October 21, 2021
(Poco a poco più animato) ( ≈ 100)legato
693
695
Rusalka
Trombone 3 Antonín Dvořák
5
Act I: Five after 55 to two before 56 (mm. 693–698)
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Vivace ( ≈ 108)
4
7
A10
14
B18
22
26
30
34
Die Schöpfung
Trombone 3 Franz Joseph Haydn
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Part II, No. 26, “Vollendet ist das große Werk”: mm. 1–37
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(Allegro) ( ≈ 69)
marc.
C115
120
126
132
La gazza ladra
Trombone 3 Gioachino Rossini
7
Sinfonia: mm. 115–135
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(Allegro) ( = 108)
592
97
102
107
6112
117
122
7128
Guillaume Tell
Trombone 3 Gioachino Rossini
8
Ouverture: mm. 92–131
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Largo = 72
8–12
A5
B14
dim.
Allegro agitato
19
Don Carlo
Trombone 3 Giuseppe Verdi
9
Act V, No. 19: Beginning to six after B (mm. 1–22)
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Allegro sostenuto = 100
173
176
Falstaff
Trombone 4 Giuseppe Verdi
10
Act II: Two after 7 to six after 7 (mm. 173–177)
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Come prima = 63
782
morendo
85
Falstaff
Trombone 4 Giuseppe Verdi
11
Act III, Part 1: 7 to ve after 7 (mm. 82–86)
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Andante ( ≈ 76)
maestosamente
5
9
13
Nabucco
Trombone 3 Giuseppe Verdi
12
Sinfonia: mm. 1–16
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(Allegro assai) ( ≈ 108)
stacc.
Otello
Trombone 3 Giuseppe Verdi
13
Act II: Three before the 2nd F to the 2nd F
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(stringendo)( ≈ 76)(stringendo)
allargando
O
Otello
Trombone 3 Giuseppe Verdi
14
Act II: One before the 2nd O to the 2nd O
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(Sehr lebhaft) ( ≈ 84)
232
37
42
348
Lohengrin
Trombone 3 Richard Wagner
15
Act III, Einleitung: 2 to 3 (mm. 32–49)
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(Langsam) ( ≈ 58)
più
1245
1250
1256
Lohengrin
Trombone 3 Richard Wagner
16
Act III: Two after 62 to eighteen after 62 (mm. 1245–61)
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(Schneller) ( ≈ 116)
1163
dim.
1167
Das Rheingold
Trombone 4 Richard Wagner
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Scene 2: Twelve after 37 to seven before 38 (mm. 1163–69)
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(Mäßig bewegt) ( ≈ 66)
3883
3888
3893
Das Rheingold
Trombone 4 Richard Wagner
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Scene 4: Seven after 147 to end (mm. 3883–end)
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(Andante maestoso) ( ≈ 66)
A37
43
48
Tannhäuser
Trombone 3 Richard Wagner
19
Ouvertüre: A to seventeen after A (mm. 37–53)
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(Lebhaft) ( ≈ 88)
336
più
40
44
Die Walküre
Trombone 3 Richard Wagner
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Act III: Pickup to 3 to 4 (mm. 36–44)
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