The Academy Orchestra: repertoire for the application
Information about repertoire for the application to candidates who wish to join the orchestra in our summer academy, Opera by the Fjord:
In the application form you have to include video links with the recordings of 1 solo piece of your choice, plus 1-2 pieces from our orchestra excerpt list below.
(A clarification about the orchestra excerpts updated in January 2024: You do not need to record more that 2 orchestra excerpts – in addition to the solo piece of your choice. And the solo piece can either be with piano accompaniment or not.)
Please note the specified information for each instrument:
For STRINGS
Violin:
1) Nr 11 (Aria) from Don Giovanni by Mozart
2) from the Overture from Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) by Mozart
3) from act 3 from Tosca by Puccini
4) from act 3 from Madama Butterfly by Puccini
5) from Salome by R. Strauss
Viola:
1) and 2) Two different excerpts from act 1 from Madama Butterfly by Puccini
3) from the Overture from Die Zauberflöte by Mozart
4) from act 1, 3rd scene from Siegfried by Wagner
5) from act 1 from La bohème by Puccini
Cello:
1) Pas de deux (No. 14) from The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky
2) from the Overture from Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) by Mozart
3) from Götterdämmerung by Wagner
4) from act 3 from Tosca by Puccini
5) fra act 1 from Tristan und Isolde by Wagner
Double bass:
1) from act 4 from Otello by Verdi (the whole page)
2) from the start of act 1 to figure 2, from Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) by Wagner
3) bar 1-58, 85-95 and 156-164 from the Overture from Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) by Mozart
For WOODWIND:
A solo piece of your own choice, but a good recommendation would be a Mozart Concerto for your instrument. (Exposition and development are sufficient parts, you do not need to play the whole piece.) And 1-2 orchestra excerpts from these PDFs:
Flute (two different PDFs):
1) from Leonore Overture No. 3 by Beethoven
2) Scherzo from Ein Sommernachtstraum by Mendelssohn
3) from act 3 from Carmen by Bizet
4) Gilda's aria (No. 6) from Rigoletto by Verdi
5) from act 1, No. 8 from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart
PDF 2 flute (Die Zauberflöte)
Oboe: (two different PDFs):
1) from Swan Lake (Svanesjøen) by Tchaikovsky
PDF 1 oboe (Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky)
2) from the Overture to til L'Italiana in Algieri by Rossini
3) from act 2 from Rigoletto by Verdi
PDF 2 oboe (Rossini L'Italiana and Verdi Rigoletto)
Clarinet:
1) from Scherzo from Ein Sommernachtstraum by Mendelssohn
2) from the Overture to The Bartered Bride by Smetana
3) from act 2, scene 6 from La traviata by Verdi
4) from act 3 from Tosca by Puccini
5) from Sesto's aria "Parto, parto" from La clemenza di Tito by Mozart
Bassoon (three different PDFs):
1) from the Overture to Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) by Mozart
2) from a) the Overture to, and b) solo from The Barber of Seville by Rossini
3) from Entr'acte from Carmen by Bizet
4) from "Una furtiva lagrima" from The Elixir of Love by Donizetti
5) from the Overture to Tannhäuser by Wagner
6) from the 2nd movement from Symphony No. 4 by Tchaikovsky
PDF 2 for bassoon (Symphony 4 by Tchaikovsky)
7) Romanza from L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) by Donizetti
PDF 3 for bassoon (Romanza from L'elisir d'amore)
For BRASS:
Horn:
The 1st movement from one of Mozart's Horn Concertos.
And Preludio from act 2 (1st horn) from Don Carlo by Verdi (see PDF):
Trumpet:
1) from Das Rheingold by Wagner
2) from Don Pasquale by Donizetti
3) from prelude Carmen by Bizet
4) signal from Carmen by Bizet
Trombone:
1) from Requiem (Tuba mirum) by Mozart
2) from The Thieving Magpie (La gazza ladra - Den tyvaktige skjære) by Rossini
3) from Symphony No 3 by Saint-Saëns
Bass trombone:
1) from Die Schöpfung (The Creation) by Haydn
2) from Das Rheingold by Wagner, scene 2: das Walhall-Motiv
3) from Das Rheingold by Wagner, scene 2: das Vertrags-Motiv
4) from Das Rheingold by Wagner, scene 4: das Regenbogen-Motiv
PDF for bass trombone
This repertoire list for our summer academy "Opera by the fjord" is updated December 6th 2023.