UG Woodwind Audition Requirements

All repertoire listed below is suggested repertoire only.  You may choose to play a contrasting programme of your own options.

Flute

Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:

  • J S Bach — Sonata No. 6 in E, 1st and 2nd movements
  • Enesco — Cantabile et Presto
  • Martinu — Sonata, 1st movement
  • Prokofiev — Sonata No. 2, Op.94, 1st or 2nd movement
  • C P E Bach — Hamburger Sonata, either movement
  • Rhene-Baton — Passacaille

Oboe

Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:

  • Britten — Six metamorphoses after Ovid, any two movements
  • Dutilleux — Sonata
  • Grovlez — Sarabande and Allegro
  • Handel — Fitzwilliam Sonata in Bb major, any two movements
  • Poulenc — Sonata, any one movement
  • Saint-Saëns — Sonata in D, any one movement

Tenor Saxophone

Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:

  • Fiocco — (arr. Bazelaire, trans. Londeix) Concerto, 1st movement only
  • Handel — (arr. Londeix) Sonata in G minor, Op.1 No. 6, complete
  • Villa Lobos — Fantasia for [soprano or] tenor saxophone, 1st movement
  • Marcello — (arr. Joosen) Concerto in C minor, complete
  • F Martin — Ballade (1940) for [trombone or] tenor saxophone
  • Burnet Tuthill — Sonata, Op. 56, 2nd and 3rd movements

Alto Saxophone

Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:

  • J S Bach — Sonata No. 4, 1st and (arr. Mule) 2nd movements
  • Paul Bonneau — Suite, complete
  • Jolivet — Fantaisie-Impromptu
  • Koechlin — Étude No. 1 from 15 Études
  • Paul Maurice — Tableaux de Provence, 1st and 2nd movements
  • Phil Woods — Sonata, 1st and 2nd movements

Bassoon

Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:

  • Grovlez Sicilienne and Allegro giocoso
  • Pauer Concerto, 1st movement
  • Pierne Solo de Concert Op.35
  • Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, F.VIII No. 2, 1st movement
  • Weber Concerto, 1st movement
  • Mozart Concerto, 1st or 3rd movement
  • A Baroque Sonata of the candidate’s choice

Clarinet

Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:

  • Arnold Sonatina, 1st or 3rd movement
  • L Bernstein Sonata (either movement)
  • Milhaud Duo Concertante
  • Poulenc Sonata (any movement)
  • Stravinsky Three (any movement)
  • Weber Concerto No. 1 in F, 1st or 3rd movement
  • Messager Solo de Concours