Set Pieces
Competitors in the Senior and Elite sections need to play the set pieces, which are excerpts listed below as well as their own choice piece.
Competitors must play all the excerpts in the list.
Bassoon
Senior Section (Grades 7-8 AMEB) Up to age 18
Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Overture
Dukas, Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4, movt 2
Elite Section (Open Age)
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
Beethoven, Symphony 4 Page 1
Beethoven, Symphony 4 Page 2
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade Page 1
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade Page 2
Oboe
These excerpts are all from the Orchester Probespiel test pieces book by Liebermann.
Senior Section (Grades 7-8 AMEB) Up to age 18
Mozart - Symphony no 41. Ist movement (Allegro vivace) pp. 14-15;
Strauss - Don Juan p. 26;
Schubert - Symphony no. 9, 2nd movement (Andante con moto) pp. 22-23 up to bar 30 only.
Elite Section (Open Age)
Rossini - Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture p. 21;
Mendelssohn - Symphony no 3, Mvt 2 (Vivace non troppo) pp.13-14;
Rimsky Korsakov - Scheherazade, Mvt 2 (Andantino) p. 19