Orchestra excerpts
Audition candidates for Jong Metropole will be asked to play one or more orchestra excerpts from the list below during their audition. Although candidates may be asked to play only a selection of the orchestral excerpts, all of them should be prepared. An exception applies to singers (backing vocals): they do not have to prepare orchestra excerpts.
You can find more information on the auditions and piano accompaniment on our page How to prepare.
All orchestra excerpts are listed below. This list was last updated on 6 January 2021.
Violin
Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum
Strauss - Don Juan
Harlem (bar 151-189)
N.P.S. (bar 58-73 and 96-111)
Viola
Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum
Strauss - Don Juan
Harlem (bar 7-12 and 52-59 and 151-163)
N.P.S. (bar 96-111, letter 'I')
Cello
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben
Smetana - Verkaufte Braut (until letter D)
Harlem (bar 151-189 and 288-295)
N.P.S. (bar 5873 and 96-111 and 128-143)
Double Bass (classical/orchestra tuning)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (no repeat)
Mozart - Symphony No. 40
Esperança (bar 162-end)
N.P.S. (bar 96-111, letter 'I')
Flute
Rossini - Ouverture Wilhelm Tell (new)
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, third movement (new)
Harlem Air Shaft (bar 94-99 and 103-120)
Saved (A (with upbeat)-B and G-H)
Oboe
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3, part 2 (new)
Bruckner - Symphony No. 5, Adagio (new)
Ko Ko (bar 81-93)
Billie (bar 1-46)
Saxophone
Alto saxophone
Cottontail (letter P-U)
Big Night (bar 85-end)
Lingus
There's a boat that's leaving
Tenor saxophone
Cottontail (upbeat Q-end)
Big night (bar 15-52 and bar 120-141)
Lingus
There's a boat that's leaving
Baritone saxophone
Cottontail (upbeat Q-end)
Big night (bar 15-52 and 120-141)
Lingus
There's a boat that's leaving
Clarinet
Beethoven - Symphony No. 6
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Verdi - La Forza del Destino
Ellington - Cottontail
Trumpet
Blue Goose (bar 22-31)
Atchafalaya
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition ('Promenade' only)
Trombone
Sepia Panorama (bar 13-36)
John Brown's body (bar 45-74)
Atchafalaya
Wagner - Die Walküre
Bass trombone
Saturday night is the loneliest night
John Brown's body (bar 45-74)
Atchafalaya
Wagner - Die Walküre
French horn
Mahler - Symphony No. 9
Harlem (bar 326-349)
Metro Madness (bar 167-end)
Harp
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake
Tutti for Cootie (bar 16-28 and 77-88 and 161-188)
Painted From Memory (complete)
Percussion
(Percussionists of the classical section)
Night Creature
Happy Mango Song
Timpani
Mahler - Symphony No. 7 (until figure 227)
Xylophone
Gershwin - Porgy & Bess
Marimba
The Curtain pt. 1
The Curtain pt. 2
Piano/keys
Metro madness
I'll never fall in love again
The Clearing pt. 1
The Clearing pt. 2
The Clearing pt. 3
The Curtain pt. 1
The Curtain pt. 2
The Curtain pt. 3
Guitar
Do you know the way to San Jose (bar 38-53)
Lingus
The Clearing pt. 1
The Clearing pt. 2
The Clearing pt. 3
N.P.S. (bar 128-145)
Drums
Tutti for Cootie
Do you know the way to San Jose
Bass guitar/jazz double bass
Bass guitar
The Clearing
Sepia panorama (bar 1-21)
Cinemagic
Jazz double bass
Mendoza - Partido alto
Style / Cahn - Saturday night
Harris-Jarreau/Mendoza - Cold duck time
