Audition repertoire and requirements
Audition repertoire and requirements* - M.Mus & Artist's Diploma
Note: candidates who completed their Bachelor's degree more than a year before applying for graduate studies will be required to undertake an entry examination, unless decided otherwise.
String instruments
Violin
- Bach – Adagio and Fugue from the Sonata for violin solo in G or from the Partita for violin solo in C, or Chaconne, or four movements from another Partita
- Violin concerto in its entirety
- Entire Sonata stylistically different from the concerto
- Paganini – two Capriccios or any other virtuoso work
- Israeli work
International students are required to perform a contemporary work instead of an Israeli work
Viola
- Bach – Suite in its entirety, or Sonata for viola da gamba
- Concerto in its entirety such as Bartok, Walton or one of equivalent difficulty
- Entire Sonata stylistically different from the concerto
- Contemporary work
- Israeli work
International students are required to perform a contemporary work instead of an Israeli work
Violoncello
- Bach – Suite in its entirety, or Gamba Sonata or a Baroque virtuoso work (Valentini Sonata, Boccherini Sonata, Locatelli or Francœur)
- A concerto in its entirety
- Entire Sonata stylistically different from the concerto and the Baroque sonata
- A contemporary work or virtuoso work
- Israeli work or work of the candidate’s choice
International students are required to perform a contemporary work instead of an Israeli work
Double-Bass
- Bach – a solo cello suite or a full Baroque piece
- A concerto in its entirety
- Entire Sonata stylistically different from the concerto
- A contemporary or Israeli work
- Selected orchestra parts (at the discretion of the judges and examiners)
Woodwinds
Flute
The program should contain five pieces; one of each from a-c and two out of d.
Group a:
- J. S Bach - Partita in a minor for flute solo
- J. S. Bach - Sonata in e minor
- J. S. Bach - Sonata in E Major
- C. F. E. Bach - Sonata in a minor for flute solo
Group b:
- Mozart - concerto in G major
- Mozart - concerto in D major
- Mozart - Quartet in D major
- Mozart - Quartet in C major
Group c:
- Isang yun - Etude n.5
- Jolive - Incantations (at least 3 out of 5)
- Berio - sequenze
- Debussy - Sirinks
- Petrassy - souffle
- Hindemith - 8 pieces
- Halfter - dabla
- Yehezkel Braun - Sonata for solo flute
- Joachim Stuchevsky - 5 pieces
- Yoav Talmi - 3 monologues
- Abraham Amzaleg - Taksim1 or 2
- Noam Sheriff - Invention
- Shulamit Ran - east wind
- Ferney Hough - Cassandra's dream song
- Bozza - Image
Group d:
- Ibert - concerto
- Joliva - Linus song
- Neilsen - concerto
- Reineke - concerto
- Rodrigo - concerto
- Jolive - concerto for flute and strings
- Martin - Ballade
- Faure - fantasy op.79
- Baham - grande polonaise op.16
- Enesco - cantabile e presto
- Carag - Alert-sonata solo
- Prokofiev - sonata
- Schubert –t heme and variations op. 160
- Poulenc - sonata
- Dutieux - sonatin
- Gouvert - Notturno e allegro scherzando
- Lieberman - sonata
Oboe
The program should contain five pieces; one of each from a-c and two out of d.
group a:
- J. S .Bach - sonata in g minor
- J. S. Bach - concerto in F major
- J. S. Bach - concerto for oboe and violin
- Handel - sonata in g minor
- Vivaldi - sonata in c minor, G Major or d minor
- Telemann - concerto in d minor
- Marcello - concerto in c minor
- Leclair - concerto in C major
group b:
- Mozart - concerto k.314
- Mozart - quartet k.370
- Reicha - quintet for oboe and strings
- Haydn - concerto in D major
- Stamitz - concerto in B flat major
- Krommer - concerto no.2 in F major
group c:
- Francaix - the flower clock
- Britten - metamorfoses
- Gunther Schuller - sonata
- R.Baksa - sonata
- Dorati - 5 pieces
- Raffael - sonata for oboe and harp
- Meyer - 3 miniatures
- Reizenstein - 3 concert pieces
- Hummel - adagio and variations
group d:
- Schumann - romances
- Schumann - adagio and allegro
- Pasculli, Meyerbeer - fantasy on theme the Huganotim
- Saint-Saens - sonata
- Hindemith - sonata
- R.Strauss - concerto
- Vaughan Williams - concerto
- Zilich - concerto
- Nemiroff - concerto
- Poulenc - sonata
- Kalliwoda - concert piece
Clarinet
The program should contain five pieces; one of each from a-c and two out of d.
group a:
Mozart - concerto k.622
group b:
Brahms or Reger - Sonata
group c:
- Weber - concerto 1 or 2
- Spohr - concerto 1 or 3
- Rossini - theme and variations
- Krosel - introduction theme and variations on a Swedish subject
- Bassi - rigoletto fantasy
- Lublu - La Traviata fantasy
- Calibode - solo piece
- Waterstone - concert piece
- Castelnuovo Tedesco - sonata
group d:
- Stravinsky- three pieces
- Sotermaeister - capriccio
- Joliva - Asceses
- William O. Smith - 5 Pieces
- Daniso - Sonata
- Boulez- domaines
- Arthur Benjamin - the tomb of Ravel
- Francaix- theme and variations
- Copland - concerto
- Nielsen - concerto
- Tomasi - concerto
- Debussy - rhapsody
- Poulenc - sonata
- Israeli choice piece
Bassoon
The program should contain five pieces; one of each from a-c and two out of d.
group a:
1. Baroque concerto or sonata (original or transcription)
group b:
- J. C. Bach - concerto
- Mozart - concerto in B flat major
- Mozart - oboe quartet (Rechtman transcription)
group c:
- Weber - Hungarian rhapsody
- David - concertino op.12
- Hummel - concerto in F major
- Saint Sains - sonata
- Weber - concerto in F major]
- Schumann- Fantasiestücke op.73
- Otmar shek - sonata op.41
group d:
- Stuchevsky- 3 pieces
- Osborn - rhapsody
- Miroshnikov- scherzo
- Tansman - suite
- Z.Avni - concerto
- Bodza - recitative siciliano
- A.Dutieux - Sarabande e cortez
- M.Arnold - Fantasy
- Francaix - divertisement
- Harlap - concerto
- Otamar Nosio - variation on a Pergolesi theme
- Roger Boteri - Interference
- Marcel Bitsch - Concertino
Brass
French horn
The program should contain five pieces; one of each from a-c and two out of d.
group a:
1. Baroque concerto or sonata (original or transcription)
group b:
- Mozart - concerto No.2, 3 or 4
- Haydn - concerto No. 1or 2
- Mozart - Horn quintet
group c:
- Persicati - parabola No. 5
- Apostle - sonatina
- Messiaen - Appel Interstelaire
- David Amram - Blues and variations for Monk
- Yehezkel Braun - sonata
- M.Arnold - Fantasy
- Stout - 5 pieces
group d:
- Beethoven - horn sonata
- Danzi - sonata
- Brahms -horn, violin and piano trio
- Reineke - oboe, horn and piano trio
- Schumann - adagio and allegro
- Gliere - concerto
- R.Strauss - concerto no.1
- R.Strauss - andante
- F.Strauss - nocturno
- Bernard Haydn - horn sonata
- Saint-Saëns -Morceau de concert
- Saint-Saëns -sonata
- Hindemith - horn sonata
- Hindemith - concerto
- Forester - concerto
- Gordon Jacob - concerto
- Dike - Vilanel
- Bozza - sonata
- Glazunov - reveries
Trumpet
The program should contain five pieces; one of each from a-c and two out of d.
group a:
Baroque concerto or sonata (original or transcription)
group b:
- Haydn - concerto
- Hummel - sonata
- Neruda - concerto
group c:
- S.Friedman - Solus
- Takamitzu - Pathes
- Fersicati - Parabel
- Y.Kaminski - concerto
- Y.Braun - sonata
- Ben Haim - songs without words
- Holdheim - sonata
- Reinhardt - solo
- Berio - Sequenza
group d:
- Enescu - legend
- Brandt - concerto no.1
- Brandt - concerto no.2
- H.Mauri - concertino
- Bohema - concerto
- Bodza - caprice
- Arutinian - concerto
- Barat - Andante and scherzo
- Hindemith - sonata
- Jolive - concerto
- Jolive - concertino
- Rodrigo - concerto
- Tomasi - concerto
- Bish - variations on a theme by Paganini
Trombone
The program should contain five pieces; one of each from a-c and two out of d.
group a:
- Baroque sonata or a suite by Bach
group b: (Tenor trombone only)
- Albrechtsberger - concerto
2. Vagenzveil - concerto
group c: (Tenor trombone only)
- Weber - Romance
- Saint Saens - Cavatina
- David - concertino
- Grondal - concerto
- Zaksa - concerto
- Rimsky Korsakov - concerto
- Balswitz - concerto no.2
group d: (Tenor trombone only)
- Bodza - ballade
- Hindemith - sonata
- De Falla - 2 dances
- Tomasi - concerto
- Rota - concerto
- Sholk - concerto
- N.Sheriff - Rei piece
- Berio - Sequenza
Bass trombone
The program should contain four pieces:
- Baroque sonata or a suite by Bach
- Three pieces out of the following list:
- Rimsky Korsakov - concerto
- Hidash - rhapsody
- Weilder - sonata
- Y.T.Meshulam - "dror"
- Hidash - meditation
- Debussy - cake walk (arr.M.Davis)
- Arnold - Fantasy
- Vaughan Williams - tuba concerto
- Ewanzen - Ballade
Percussion
The candidate must demonstrate capacity in the instruments: small drum, xylophone or timpani as follows:
- Little drum
One etude from Goldenberg book, Hungarian book etc.
Sight reading of different rhythms
Tremolo playing
- Xylophone
scales and arpeggios
one piece for xylophone and piano
- Timpani
An exercise for two or three instruments
Sight reading
Tremolo playing
Hearing for tuning audition
- Elementary audition in rhythms and hearing, repeating rhythms, solfege – recognizing and singing of intervals.
Please note – the list of works should be submitted in 5 copies
Keyboard
Piano
- Bach – Prelude and Fugue from “The Well-Tempered Piano” or a Suite or a Partita
- A classical work in its entirety
- A Romantic work
- An Impressionistic or contemporary work
- An Israeli or contemporary work
Organ
- Baroque work (Frescobaldi, Couperan, Buxtehude)
- A work by J.S. Bach
- Romantic work (Mendelssohn, Frank)
- Contemporary work
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Vocal
- Song or Aria from the Baroque
- Song or Aria from the Classical period
- Four Art songs (Lieder) from the Classical, Romantic, Impressionist periods and others. At least two different periods are mandatory.
- At least four Arias from an oratorio or opera.
- Two Israeli Art songs (international applicants can choose to prepare art songs from their country of origin instead).
- Contemporary work
Five different languages are mandatory (such as: Hebrew, Italian, German, English, Latin, Spanish, Russian, French, Czech, Finnish etc.)
Please note – the list of works should be submitted in 5 copies
Conducting
The school reserves the right to make changes in the repertoire requirements from year to year
Repertoire for 2014-2015 academic year
Orchestral conducting
a. Two entire works have to be prepared for conducting with two pianos:
1. Brahms - symphony no.3 - first and fourth Movements
2. Schumann - symphony no.2 - third and fourth Movements
b. Personal interview, including a discussion of the works prepared by the candidate.
Choral Conducting
Choice of 6 pieces from the list below:
- Josquin de Prez – 2 movements from "Missa Panga Lingua"
- C. Monterverdi – 2 Madrigals from "Lamento d'Arianna"
- J.S. Bach - Cantata No. 64 "Schauet doch und Sehet"
- J. Haydn – 2 movements from "Nelson Mass" or "Stabat Mater"
- F. Mendelssohn – "Richte mich Gott"
- R. Schumann – 4 Songs from "Spaniches Liederspiel"
- J. Brahms – Song of Destiny
- Schoenberg – "De Profundis"
- Z. Avni – "Al Harahamim"*
*Compulsory piece