# Orchestral Excerpts Compiled by Matthew Bassett • Principal Timpani, Buffalo Philharmonic (2009-Present) Broken into "Sets" with A sets representing highly frequent/popular excerpts found on audition lists. B and C sets representing less frequent selections. ## SNARE DRUM ### SET A - Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra - Prokofiev, Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Ravel, Bolero - Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade - Shostakovich, Symphony #10 ### SET B - Britten, Young Person's Guide - Debussy, Nocturnes (Fetes) - Kodaly, Hary Janos - Nielsen, Clarinet Concerto - Nielsen, Symphony #5 - Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf - Prokofiev, Symphony #5 - Ravel, Alborado del Gracioso - Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe - Rossini, La Gazza Ladra - Schuman, W., Symphony #3 - Shostakovich, Symphony #7 - Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever - Verdi, La Forza del Destino ### SET C - Berlioz, Rakoczy March (Damnation of Faust) - Bizet, L'Arlesienne Suite (Farandole) - Debussy, Iberia - Gliere, Russian Sailor's Dance from Red Poppy - Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet (Complete Ballet) - Shostakovich, Symphony #11 / #15 (w/cast., etc.) - Strauss, J., Emperor Waltz - Strauss, R., Ein Heldenleben - Stravinsky, Les Noces - Varese, Ionisation ## GLOCKENSPIEL ### SET A - Dukas, Sorcerer's Apprentice - Kodaly, Hary Janos Suite - Mozart, Magic Flute - Respighi, Pines of Rome - Strauss, Don Juan ### SET B - Debussy, La Mer - Delibes, Bell Song from Lakme - Glazunov, Violin Concerto - Kodaly, Hary Janos - Messiaen, Exotic Birds - Ravel, Mother Goose Suite - Respighi, Roman Festivals - Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture - Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1911 and 1947) - Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty - Wagner, Der Meistersinger (Dance of the Apprentices) - Wagner, Waldweben & Rhine… ## XYLOPHONE ### SET A - Copland, Appalachian Spring - Gershwin, An American in Paris - Gershwin, Porgy and Bess - Kabalevsky, Colas Breugnon Overture - Kodaly, Hary Janos Suite - Shostakovich, Polka ### SET B - Barber, Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance - Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste - Britten, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Hayman, Pops Hoedown - Hindemith, Kammermusik No. 1 - Khatchaturian, Gayne Ballet - Messiaen, Exotic Birds - Ravel, Mother Goose Suite - Saint-Saens, Carnival of the Animals - Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre - Schuman, W., Symphony #3 - Strauss, Salome's Dance - Stravinsky, Firebird (Complete Ballet Music) - Stravinsky, Les Noces - Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1911 and 1947) ### SET C - Bartok, Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Bernstein, Symphony #2 (Age of Anxiety) - Kleinsinger, Peewee the Piccolo - Kleinsinger, Tubby the Tuba - Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky - Schuman, W., Judith - Shostakovich, Cello Concerto #2 - Shostakovich, Symphony #6 ## VIBRAPHONE ### SET A - Berg, Lulu - Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story - Schuller, Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee ## TIMPANI ### SET A - Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra - Beethoven, Symphony #1 / #5 / #9 - Brahms, Symphony #1 - Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis - Mozart, Symphony #39 - Shostakovich, Symphony #1 - Strauss, Burleske - Stravinsky, Rite of Spring - Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet - Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4 - Wagner, Funeral Music from Siegfried ### SET B - Barber, Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance - Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste - Beethoven, Piano Concerto #5 - Beethoven, Symphony #3 / #7 / #8 - Beethoven, Violin Concerto - Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique (Timpani 1 and 2) - Brahms, Piano Concerto #1 - Brahms, Symphony #2 / #4 - Britten, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Britten, Young Person's Guide - Elgar, Enigma Variations - Mahler, Symphony #1 / #5 / #7 - Martin, Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments - Mendelssohn, Symphony #3 / #4 - Mozart, Magic Flute (Overture) - Mozart, Symphony #41 - Orff, Carmina Burana - Prokofiev, Classical Symphony - Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf - Prokofiev, Symphony #6 - Saint-Saens, Samson and Delilah (Bacchanale) - Schubert, Symphony #9 - Schuman, W., New England Triptych - Schumann, R., Symphony #2 - Shostakovich, Symphony #1 - Sibelius, Finlandia - Sibelius, Symphony #2 - Strauss, Death and Transfiguration - Strauss, Don Juan - Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier (Orchestral Suite) - Stravinsky, Firebird - Stravinsky, Petrouchka - Tchaikovsky, Symphony #5 ### SET C - Barber, Symphony #1 - Bartok, Piano Concerto #2 - Bartok, Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Bartok, Violin Concerto #2 - Beethoven, Piano Concerto #3 - Beethoven, Missa Solemnis - Beethoven, Symphony #2 / #4 / #6 - Brahms, German Requiem - Brahms, Symphony #3 - Britten, Nocturne - Carter, Variations for Orchestra - Copland, Appalachian Spring - Debussy, La Mer - Holst, The Planets (Timpani 1 and 2) - Janacek, Glagolithic Mass - Janacek, Sinfonetta - Mahler, Symphony #2 / #3 / #6 (Timpani 1 and 2) - Mahler, Symphony #4 / #8 / #9 - Nielsen, Symphony #4 (Timpani 1 and 2) - Schumann, R., Symphony #1 / #3 / #4 - Schuman, W., Symphony #6 - Shostakovich, Symphony #10 / #11 - Sibelius, Symphony #1 / #7 - Sibelius, Violin Concerto - Strauss, Salome's Dance - Stravinsky, Jeu de Cartes - Stravinsky, Les Noces - Tchaikovsky, Symphony #6 - Verdi, Requiem ## ACCESSORIES ### Bass Drum - Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique - Mahler, Symphony #3 - Respighi, Roman Festivals - Stravinsky, Rite of Spring - Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4 ### Bass Drum w/ Cymbal Attachment - Mahler, Symphony #1 - Mahler, Symphony #3 - Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1911 and 1947) ### Castanets - Debussy, Iberia - Prokofiev, Piano Concerto #3 - Ravel, Rhapsody Espagnol - Wagner, Bacchanale from Tannhauser ### Cymbals - Debussy, La Mer - Dvorak, Scherzo Capriccioso - Dvorak, Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, #1 - Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain - Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto #2 - Sibelius, Finlandia - Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet - Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4 ### Tambourine - Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture - Bizet, Carmen Suites #1 and #2 - Borodin, Polovtsian Dance from Prince Igor - Britten, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Chabrier, Espana - Dvorak, Carnival Overture - Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade - Stravinsky, Petrouchka - Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien - Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Ballet (Trepak/Arabian Dance) ### Triangle - Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture - Bizet, Carmen Suites #1 and #2 - Brahms, Symphony #4 - Dvorak, Slavonic Dances (esp. #10 in E Minor) - Dvorak, Symphony #9 - Liszt, Piano Concerto #1 - Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade - Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker (Overture-Miniature) ### Multiple Percussion Excerpts - Bernstein, Symph. Dances from WSS (Tom-toms) - Milhaud, La Création de Monde - Stravinsky, Histoire du Soldat - Walton, Façade Suite