Survey of Orchestral
Excerpts
Spring Semester, 2009
Martin Schuring
(E-443). Class meetings in E-277. Fridays 3:05 to 5:00
This class is a
survey of orchestral literature for the oboe and the English horn. Grades will
be determined on a week-by-week basis – based partly on your class
participation and partly on the quality of your preparation and performances.
At the end of the semester, there will be a mock audition with the excerpts
listed below. This will count for 25% of your grade. I will invite a guest
adjudicator.
Mock
audition repertoire:
Mozart
Concerto - exposition 1st movt.
Ravel -
Tombeau de Couperin. 1st movt. beginning to #2, #8 to #9.
Rossini
- La Scala di Seta. Slow and fast solos.
Strauss
- Don Juan. Letter L to 17 after Letter M.
Preparation
for each excerpt assigned:
¥ Study
the score.
¥ Read
about the composer and his music.
¥ Listen
to three recordings, more if available.
¥ Learn
the excerpt(s) and perform them in class.
In class:
¥ Bring
the score (with extra copies for the others, if possible). Also, copies of the
part, if possible. It is not necessary for everyone in the class to have a copy
they can keep, but it is helpful if everyone has something they can refer to
while you speak.
¥ Bring a
recording of the piece. If you cannot find a suitable recording in the music
library (or in your library), please let me know. I can bring something from
home if I have notice.
¥ Briefly
describe the historical context of the piece and its composer.
¥ Perform
the excerpt(s) and discuss both individual and ensemble difÞculties.
General:
¥ For the
larger works please learn the whole part, but prepare only the standard solos
for the class. Part of your preparation will be to determine which excerpts are
the most important. Ask me if not sure.
¥ All
excerpts are 1st oboe unless noted.
¥ To
purchase music, I recommend Eble Music at 319/338-0313. Try not to use excerpt
books. Or, visit http://www.orchmusiclibrary.com/products_listing.php?list_type=instrument&id=2.
These are very useful resources. If each class participant buys one CD, we can
have a nearly complete library.
¥ This is
a survey of excerpts with representative examples of music selected. There are
many more excerpts to learn, many of them quite important. We cannot study
every Beethoven Symphony or every Strauss tone poem, but you should.
Excerpts will be assigned
on a weekly basis, in the following (mostly) chronological order.
Introduction
and assignments. Orchestral ettiquette.
Jan. 30
Bach Brandenburg Concerto
#1 - Megan
Bach Easter Oratorio
(Sinfonia) - Eileen
Bach Brandenburg Concerto
#2 - Joh
Feb. 6
Beethoven
Symphony #3 - Mary
Beethoven Symphony #7 - Laura
Beethoven Symphony #9 - Whitney
Feb. 13
Bizet Symphony in C Major
- Carly
Dvorak New World (EH) - Emily
Mendelssohn Symphony #3 -
Tiffany
Rossini La Scala di Seta
Overture – Megan
Feb
20
Brahms Symphony #1 - Eileen
Brahms Violin Concerto - Joh
Brahms Symphony #2 - Mary
Feb. 27
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique (EH) - Laura
Berlioz
Roman Carnival (EH) - Whitney
Berlioz Symphonie
Fantastique (Ob. 1) - Carly
Mar. 6
Schumann Symphony #2 - Emily
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 -
Tiffany
Debussy La Mer – Megan
Mussorgsky Khovanchtchina
Prelude (Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration) - Eileen
Mar. 13—Spring
Break
Mar. 20
Schubert Symphony #8 - Joh
Schubert Symphony #9 in C
Major ÒThe GreatÓ - Mary
Mussorgsky Pictures at an
Exhibition (Ravel orchestration) - Laura
Strauss ÒLe Bourgeois
GentilhommeÓ Suite - Whitney
Mar.
27
ProkoÞev Classical
Symphony - Carly
Strauss Don Juan - Emily
Shostakovich Symphony #5
- Tiffany
Shostakovich Symphony #1
- Megan
Apr. 3
Verdi Ballet Music from
Aida - Eileen
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe
(Suite #2) - Joh
Ravel
Piano Concerto in G (EH) - Mary
Ravel Tombeau de Couperin
- Laura
Apr. 10
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherezade - Whitney
Stravinsky Pulcinella - Carly
Mahler Das Lied von der
Erde – Emily
Mahler Symphony #3 –
Tiffany
Apr.
17
Ibert Escales - Megan
Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra – Eileen (Emily learn the 2nd part for
the 2nd movement only)
Sibelius Swan of Tuonela
(EH) - Mary
Apr. 24
Stravinsky Sacre du
Printemps (EH) - Laura
Rodrigo Concierto de
Aranjuez (EH) - Whitney
Respighi Pines of Rome
(EH) - Carly
Strauss
Ein Heldenleben (EH) - Emily
May 1
Mock audition