Common Pieces found on Orchestral Audition Lists
for Flute and Piccolo
Prepared by Tod Brody

Each of these works has been found on an audition list for at least one professional symphony orchestra audition in the United States or Canada. This list does not include works found only on opera or ballet orchestra auditions.

*** Appears on nearly every audition list
** Appears on audition lists regularly
* Occasional or singular appearance

Bach
Orchestral Suite #2 in b minor **
"Aus Liebe" from St. Matthew Passion *

Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra **

Beethoven
Leonore Overture #3 ***
Symphony #3 **
Symphony #4 *
Symphony #6 **
Symphony #7 *

Berlioz
Damnation of Faust - Menuet des Follets **
Symphonie Fantastique **

Bizet
Carmen - Act III Entr'acte **

Brahms
Symphony #1 **
Brahms Symphony #4***

Britten
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra *

Debussy
Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun ***

Dvorak
Symphony #8 in G **
Symphony #9 in e minor (New World) *

Gluck
Minuet & Dance of the Blessed Spirits from "Orfeo" **

Hindemith
Symphony "Mathis der Maler" **
Nobilissima Visione *
Symphonic Metamorphoses **

Mendelssohn
Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo ***
Symphony #4 *

Mozart
Symphony #41 (Jupiter) *

Prokofiev
Classical Symphony ***
Lieutenant Kije *
Peter and the Wolf ***
Romeo and Juliet *

Ravel
Daphnis and Chloe ***
La Valse *

Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade ***
Capriccio Espagnol *

Rossini
L'Italiana in Algieri overture *
Semiramide overture **
William Tell overture ***

Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals "Voliere" **

Strauss, Richard
Don Juan **
Til Eulenspiegel **
Tod und Verklarung *
Salome's Dance from "Salome" *
Sinfonia Domestica *

Stravinsky
Fairy's Kiss *
Firebird ***
Rite of Spring *
Song of the Nightingale *

Tschaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini *
Nutcracker (Danse des Mirlitons) *
Symphony #4 *

Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra ***

Beethoven
Symphony #5 *
Symphony #9 ***

Berlioz
Damnation of Faust - Menuet des Follets **
Symphonie Fantastique **

Dvorak
Carnival Overture *

Hindemith
Nobillisima Visione *

Ipolitov-Ivanov
Caucasian Sketches - Procession of the Sardars **

Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde *
Symphony #1 *
Symphony #2 *
Symphony #8 *

Prokofiev
Cinderella *
Lieutenant Kije **

Ravel
Bolero *
Daphnis and Chloe ***
Mother Goose **
Piano Concerto in G *
Rhapsodie Espagnole *

Respighi
Fountains of Rome **

Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade ***

Rossini
Gazza Ladra overture ***
Scala di Seta overture **
Semiramide overture ***

Shostakovich
Symphony #5 **
Symphony #6 **
Symphony #9 *
Symphony #10 **

Sibelius
Karelia Suite *

Smetana
Bartered Bride overture *

Sousa
Stars and Stripes Forever *

Stravinsky
Firebird ***
Petrouchka *

Tschaikovsky
Nutcracker (Danse Chinoise) *
Symphony #4 ***

Wagner
Magic Fire Music from "Die Walkure" *


Many thanks to Tod Brody for posting this information
to FLUTE and for allowing me to publish it on my web site.

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