Core Cello Repertoire List

Solo:

First mvt. of one of the following concerti:
Haydn D Maj. or C Maj., Boccherini,Dvorak, or Saint Saens

Two contrasting mvts. from a Bach Suite

Orchestra Excerpts:

Beethoven: Symphony # 5, 2nd and 3rd mvts.
Beethoven: Symphony # 8, Trio

Brahms: Symphony # 2, 2nd mvt., measure 1 to measure 15
Brahms: Symphony # 2, 4th mvt., measure 1 to measure 44
Brahms: Symphony # 3, 3rd mvt., measure 1-16

Debussy: La Mer, 1st mvt., 2 before rehearsal #9 to 6 after rehearsal #9 (top line)

Mendelssohn: Symphony #4, 1st mvt., measures 25 through 51
Mendelssohn: Symphony #4, 1st mvt., measures 259 through 330
Mendelssohn: Symphony #4, 4th mvt., measures 26 through 52

Mozart: Symphony # 35, 4th mvt.
Mozart: Symphony # 39, 4th mvt.

Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Bewegt after rehearsal #3 to rehearsal #5 and 4 bars before rehearsal #14 to 7 bars after rehearsal #17
Strauss: Don Juan (complete)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony # 6, 2nd mvt., measures 1 through 16 (with repeat)

Possible Sight Reading



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