Posted by js on December 09, 2002 at 15:12:25:
In Reply to: Non-orchestral Excerpts posted by Ted on December 09, 2002 at 14:57:31:
This is generally ignored by symphony orchestras which hold auditions, except for the opera instrumental works which 1/ have become part of the concert literature 2/ have notoriously prominent and difficult parts for the auditioning instrument.
The old "Solos for the Tuba Player" has some opera excerpts in it (I think, unless I have it mixed up with another book)...Verdi, Strauss, etc.
The Tchaik ballets are about the only ones that there's even a 50% chance of us tubers ever playing, and they are never on lists.