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    The requirements for auditioning for the position of Principal Piccolo with the NZSO are outlined. Auditions must be unaccompanied and performed at A440 tuning. Solo pieces and 17 piccolo and flute excerpts from orchestral repertoire must be played, including works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Bartok, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Applicants are instructed to label recorded audition files with identifying information for each excerpt.

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    The requirements for auditioning for the position of Principal Piccolo with the NZSO are outlined. Auditions must be unaccompanied and performed at A440 tuning. Solo pieces and 17 piccolo and flute excerpts from orchestral repertoire must be played, including works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Bartok, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Applicants are instructed to label recorded audition files with identifying information for each excerpt.

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    The requirements for auditioning for the position of Principal Piccolo with the NZSO are outlined. Auditions must be unaccompanied and performed at A440 tuning. Solo pieces and 17 piccolo and flute excerpts from orchestral repertoire must be played, including works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Bartok, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Applicants are instructed to label recorded audition files with identifying information for each excerpt.

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    The requirements for auditioning for the position of Principal Piccolo with the NZSO are outlined. Auditions must be unaccompanied and performed at A440 tuning. Solo pieces and 17 piccolo and flute excerpts from orchestral repertoire must be played, including works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Bartok, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Applicants are instructed to label recorded audition files with identifying information for each excerpt.

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    Requirements for Audition

    Principal Piccolo

    October 2016

    The NZSO tunes at A440. Auditions must be unaccompanied.

    Solo (unaccompanied)

    01 - Vivaldi C Major Piccolo Concerto Op. 44, No 11


    a) 1st movement (exposition only),
    and b) 2nd movement (complete with repeats)

    02 - Mozart either G major Flute Concerto, 1st movement exposition,


    or D major Flute Concerto, 1st movement exposition

    1st Flute Excerpts

    03 - Ravel Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2


    (fig. 176 to 2 bars after 179)

    04 - Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo


    (2 bars before P to end of movement)

    05 - Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3


    (solo in allegro between E & F)

    06 - Brahms Symphony No.4, 4th movement


    (bars 89-105)

    2nd Flute excerpts

    07 - Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (New World), 1st movement


    a) 8 bars before fig.9 to 1 bar after fig.9,
    b) 9 bars after fig.10 to 18 bars before fig.11, and
    c) fig.12 for 8 bars

    08 - Ravel Ma Mere l’Oye Sleeping Beauty, 1st movement


    (opening 8 bars)

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    Piccolo excerpts

    09 - Ravel Piano Concerto in G, 1st movement


    (opening 16 bars)

    10 - Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, 3rd movement, Elegy


    a) bars 29-34
    b) 107-111, and
    c) 123-128

    11 - Ravel Ma Mere l’Oye


    a) 2nd movement (fig.7-8);
    b) 3rd movement (fig 1 to 4 bars before fig. 3)

    12 - Rossini Semiramide Overture


    (bars 107-111, 132-145, 190-195, 329-337)

    13 - Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4


    a) Scherzo (bars 162-170, 194-197, 365-398);
    b) Finale (bars 249-end)

    14 - Beethoven Symphony No.9, Finale


    (bars 343-431)

    15 - Shostakovich Symphony No.9, 2nd movement


    (bar 286 to end of movement)

    16 - Shostakovich Symphony No.6, 1st movement


    (bars 40-48)

    17 - Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
    a) 2nd movement (fig. N – fig. O);
    b) 3rd movement (fig.G – fig.H);
    c) 4th movement (fig.U – 28 bars after fig.V)

    File names
    If sending a recorded audition, to enable us to easily directly play any excerpt, please label
    each file individually as per these example filenames:
    • “01a Vivaldi 1st movement.mov”
    • “01b Vivaldi 2nd movement.mov”
    • “11a Ravel Ma Mere 2nd movement.mov”
    • “14 Beethoven 9.mov”
    • etc.

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