Information on the requirements for the completion of the Study of Orchestral Parts subject for students of the Strings Department

10 May 2023

Repertoire and curriculum of the Study of Orchestral Parts subject
For violin, viola, double bass principal studies
Compulsory subject, one class/week, semester grade

Goal of the subject:

Firstly, mastering a general study of orchestral parts, during which the student becomes familiar with sections of the orchestral parts of the student’s instrument from prominent pieces of the orchestral literature, which are the most important for the given instrument and that are most frequently brought up in orchestral practices and tend to be challenging in terms of technique and musical expression. This prepares the student for successful participation in orchestral practices.

Secondly, the students can receive help with the performance details and the correct technical and musical realization of more difficult orchestral parts from the current programme of the Academy’s orchestra.

Curriculum of the subject:

The study and mastery of strings parts and sections of parts from prominent pieces of the symphonic orchestra literature, which require more extensive practice and preparation.

Getting experience in participating in the orchestra’s work; improving the instrumental performance needed for the unique (professional, disciplinary) requirements of ensemble performance within the parts and for the whole orchestra.

The list of the sections of parts to be learned can be found below with the movements indicated, grouped by instrument and semester.

Method of assessment, requirements of subject completion:

Violin: recording a video of the required pieces and submitting it to the professor of the subject. The listed sections of pieces are to be played and recorded without breaks, and submitted in one uncut video file. Video recording submission deadline: Friday, 19 May 2023, 23:59.

Viola: performing the sections of pieces selected in advance by the head of the sub-department, and evaluation of experiences during a group class. The date of the group class is decided and announced by the head of the sub-department at least 15 days in advance.

Double Bass: performing the sections of pieces selected in advance by the head of the sub-department for each year of study, and evaluation of experiences during a group class. The date of the group class is decided and announced by the head of the sub-department at least 15 days in advance.

Grading:

Semester grade, which reflects the performance during the classes in the semester, as well as the evaluation of the submitted video recording / performance during the group class.

Repertoire to be learned by principal study:

Violin studies

BA year 1:

Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major (ʻLondonʼ) – 1st movement (bar 17–65)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 – 4th movement (bar 1–55 – until A sign)
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major, Op. 48 – 2nd movement (bar 1–73)

BA year 2, semester 1:

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Overture (bar 6–81)
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 – 4th movement (bar 1–41)
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 – 2nd movement (bar 1–27)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (‘Eroica’) – 3rd movement (bar 1–69)

BA year 2, semester 2:

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Scherzo (bar 17–99)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (‘Jupiter’) – 2nd movement (bar 1–30)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 – 4th movement (bar 543–594)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 – 3rd movement (bar 1–63)

BA year 3, semester 1:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 – 1st movement (from the beginning until B sign)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 – 1st movement (bar 83–138)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 – 4th movement (1st page)
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Trepak

BA year 3, semester 2:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 – 3rd movement (bar 99–115)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 (‘Italian’) – 1st movement (bar 1–110)
Bartók: Concerto – 1st movement (bar 51–95)
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 – Scherzo (1st page)

MA year 1, semester 1:

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (‘Classical’) – 1st movement (from the beginning until F sign)
Bartók: Concerto – 5th movement (277–317)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – VII. Limoges. The Market (number 63–72)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 – 4th movement (Presto 504–546)

MA year 1, semester 2:

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (‘Classical’) – 4th movement (from the beginning until number 52)
R. Strauss: Don Juan (1st page)
Bartók: Concerto – 5th movement (bar 21–51)

MA year 2:

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (‘Classical’) – 1st movement (1–19)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor Op. 47 – 1st movement (1st page)
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (64–68, from 74 until end)

Viola studies

Repertoire to be learned by all students in the first semester of the academic year 2022/2023:

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 (‘Haffner’) – 4th movement
Rossini: La gazza ladra – Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 (‘Italian’) – 1st & 4th movement
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Wagner: Tannhäuser – Overture
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a – 5th & 7th movement
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (ʻRomanticʼ) – 2nd movement
R. Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 – 2nd, 3rd movement
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

Double Bass studies:

The list of recommended (sections of) pieces (the professor will select the material for the group class performance from this list):

BA year 1, semester 1:

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 (‘Spring’)
Berlioz: King Lear – Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (‘Pastoral’)
Weber: Preciosa – Overture
Weber: Oberon – Overture

BA year 1, semester 2:

Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G major (‘Oxford’)
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759
J. S. Bach: Violin Concerto in E major – Adagio
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Scherzo
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 – Overture
Beethoven: King Stephen, Op. 117 – Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 97 in C major
Berlioz: Le carnaval romain – overture, Op. 9
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35