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2021–22 SeasonAudition Booklet

Bass TromboneOctober 21, 2021

June 28, 2021

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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

2

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

3

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

4

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)

Proofed I/20

Vivace ( ≈ 108)

4

7

A10

14

B18

22

26

30

34

Die Schöpfung

Trombone 3 Franz Joseph Haydn

6

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


10

Act II: Two after 7 to six after 7 (mm. 173–177)

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Come prima = 63

782

morendo

85

Falstaff


11

Act III, Part 1: 7 to ve after 7 (mm. 82–86)

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Andante ( ≈ 76)

maestosamente

5

9

13

Nabucco


12

Sinfonia: mm. 1–16

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(Allegro assai) ( ≈ 108)

stacc.

Otello


13

Act II: Three before the 2nd F to the 2nd F

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(stringendo)( ≈ 76)(stringendo)

allargando

O

Otello


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


16

Act III: Two after 62 to eighteen after 62 (mm. 1245–61)

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(Schneller) ( ≈ 116)

1163

dim.

1167

Das Rheingold


17

Scene 2: Twelve after 37 to seven before 38 (mm. 1163–69)

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(Mäßig bewegt) ( ≈ 66)

3883

3888

3893

Das Rheingold


18

Scene 4: Seven after 147 to end (mm. 3883–end)

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(Andante maestoso) ( ≈ 66)

A37

43

48

Tannhäuser


19

Ouvertüre: A to seventeen after A (mm. 37–53)

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(Lebhaft) ( ≈ 88)

336

più

40

44

Die Walküre


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Act III: Pickup to 3 to 4 (mm. 36–44)

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(Lebhaft) ( ≈ 88)

123

127

11131

135

12138

Die Walküre


21

Act III: Four after 10 to 12 (mm. 123–140)

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