Orchestral Excerpts for Flute: Volume 2 - Jeanne Baxtresser

The Standard Excerpt Book for Flute

Orchestral Excerpts for Flute with Piano Accompaniment has transformed flute literature since its release in 1995. The original collection presents excerpts as you'll see them on auditions and orchestra stands, enhanced with Baxtresser's insightful commentaries on preparing each excerpt. Prefatory essays and piano accompaniments add further resources to best prepare for auditions and life as an orchestra player. Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, Volume 2 with Piano Accompaniment provides all the same features for thorough preparation of another 56 excerpts drawn from 27 works including Tchaikovsky ballets, Strauss tone poems, John Williams film scores, and a wealth of essential repertoire from Bach through Stravinsky.

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
• Part IV, No. 24, Benedictus, bars 1-12

• Béla Bartók

• Concerto for Orchestra
• Mvt. I, bars 1-35
• Mvt. IV, bars 1-25
• Mvt. IV, pickup to bar 136 through 151
• Mvt. V, bars 26-148

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
• Mvt. I, bars 38-88
• Mvt. II, bars 131-183

• Hector Berlioz

• Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
• Mvt. I, 2 bars before [2] through [3]
• Mvt. I, 4th bar of [5] through 3rd bar of [6]
• Mvt. III, 1½ bars before [37] through 5th bar of [38]

• Charles Gounod

• Petite Symphonie
• Mvt. II, bars 1-29
• Mvt. II, bars 60-89

• Gustav Mahler

• Symphony No. 9
• Mvt. I, 2 bars before Misterioso through 3rd bar of Nicht mehr so langsam
• Mvt. I, beat 4 of Sehr zögernd through 3rd bar after Wieder a tempo
• Symphony No. 10
• Mvt. V, bars 27-45

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• The Magic Flute, K. 620
• Act I, No. 8, Finale, bars 1-24 of “Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton!”
• Act II, No. 21, Finale, bars 1-10

• Walter Piston

• The Incredible Flutist
• “The Flutist,” Lento after [E] through end of solo

• Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

• Scheherazade
• Mvt. II, 3 before [Q] through 13th of [Q]
• Mvt. III, pickups to 8 before [B] to 1 before [B]
• Mvt. III, pickups to [M] through [N]
• Mvt. IV, 4th bar of [T] through Più stretto

• Robert Schumann

• Symphony No. 1, “Spring,” Op. 38
• Mvt. I, bars 14-23
• Mvt. I, bars 158-193
• Mvt. IV, bars 174-206

• Dmitri Shostakovich

• Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
• Mvt. I, [13] - [15]
• Mvt. I, [39] through 3rd bar of [41]
• Mvt. II, pickup to 6 bars before [59] through 8th bar of [60]
• Symphony No. 6, Op. 54
• Mvt. I, [16] through 3rd bar of [18]
• Mvt. I, 4 bars before [23] through [26]
• Mvt. I, 3 bars before [27] through 7th bar of [27]
• Symphony No. 15, Op. 141
• Mvt. I, bar 1 through 4 bars after [4]
• Mvt. I, 8th bar of [46] through [50]

• Richard Strauss

• Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
• Act I, 4 bars before [230] through [233]
• Act I, [251] - [253]
• Don Juan, Op. 20
• Bar 1 through [B]
• [K] through 3rd bar of [L]
• Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
• 6 bars before [14] through [14]
• 3rd bar of [15] through 8th bar of [15]
• 2nd bar before [41] through 11th bar of [41]
• Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53
• 8 bars before [22] through [24]

• Igor Stravinsky

• The Firebird
• Pas de Deux (Firebird and Ivan Tsarevitch), 1945 version, 1 bar before [25] through 4th bar of [33]
• “Appearance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses,” 1910 version, 4 bars before [52] through 2nd bar of [53]
• Jeu de Cartes
• Variation IV: [75] - [79]
• Symphonies of Wind Instruments
• 2 bars before [6] through [9]
• 3 bars before [14] through 3rd bar of [26]
• [28] to the 3rd bar of [37]

• Peter Illytch Tchaikovsky

• The Nutcracker, Op. 71
• Act II, Chinese Dance, complete
• Dance of the Mirlitons, bar 1 to [C]
• Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
• Act III, No.25, Pas de Quatre
• Swan Lake, Op. 20
• Act III, No. 19, Pas de Six [32] - [33]
• Act III, No. 19, [35] - [36]

• John Williams

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Suite for Orchestra, “Hagrid’s Friendly Bird,” bars 127-151
• Star Wars
• Suite for Orchestra, Princess Leia’s theme, pickup to bar 15 through bar 33
• War Horse
• Dartmoor, 1912, bars 1-15
• Dartmoor, 1912, pickup to bar 131 through bar 144