Orchestral Excerpts for Piccolo

Description

Following the success of "Orchestral Excerpts for Flute," Theodore Presser Company presents "Orchestral Excerpts for Piccolo." 36 of the most common orchestral piccolo audition excerpts are represented with solo part, piano reduction, and practice and performance commentary from Jack Wellbaum, longtime piccoloist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and teacher at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Pieces

• Mvt. III (bar, 12, 54, 106) , Mvt. V (bar 413) from Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123
• Mvt. (bar 694) from Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
• Mvt. IV (bar 331, 843) from Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor ("Choral"), Op. 125
• Menuet des Follets, Before rehearsal 1 & 10 from Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, H 111, Op. 24
• Mvt. V (rehearsal 60 & 63) from Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
• Polovetsian Dances, Before rehearsal C & K from Borodin: Prince Igor
• Variation V & VIII complete from Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn ("Saint Anthony Variations"), Op. 56a
• Variation A & Fugue from Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
• Act II, No. 11 (Musique des automates) from Delibes: Coppélia
• Opening, before rehearsal 52 from Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprenctice)
• Hindemith: Movement 2, opening from Nobilissima Visione
• Ippolitov-Ivanov: No. 4, opening from Caucasian Sketches
• No. 7, complete from Lyadov: 8 Russian Folk Melodies, Op. 58
• Mvt. IV, before rehearsal 4, Mvt V, rehearsal 30 from Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Ressurection") (1894)
• Birth of Kijé, opening from Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60
• Troika, before rehearsal 51 from Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60
• Rehearsal 156 & before rehearsal 182 from Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, M. 57b
• Opening from Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83
• Rehearsal 8 from Ravel: Boléro, M. 81
• Petit Pouchet, rehearsal 5 from Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), M. 60
• Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes, opening from Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), M. 60
• Malgueña, before rehearsal 13 from Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54
• Feria, opening & Feria, before rehearsal 9 from Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54
• Mvt. 4, after rehearsal V from Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
• Overture (bar 180 & 337) from Rossini: La gazza ladra
• Overture, before rehearsal 13 from Rossini: La scala di seta
• Overture (bar 128, 187, 327) from Rossini: Semiramide