Woodwind
Applicants must let the Royal Conservatoire know of their intended audition programme (and
whether or not they intend to use the official Conservatoire accompanist) by filling out and
returning the audition repertoire form to the Royal Conservatoire.
All repertoire listed below is suggested repertoire only. You may choose to play a
contrasting programme of your own choice which you must detail on the Auditon Programme Form.
Scales, arpeggios and sightreading may be given at the discretion of the panel.
Flute
Performance of two contrasting pieces selected from the following list:
J S Bach Sonata No. 6 in E, 1st and 2nd movements
Enesco Cantabile et Presto
Martinu Sonata, 1st movement
Prokofiev Sonata No. 2, Op.94, 1st
or 2nd movement
C P E Bach Hamburger Sonata, either movement
Rhene-Baton Passacaille
Oboe
Performance of two contrasting pieces selected from the following list:
Britten Six metamorphoses after Ovid, any two movements
Dutilleux Sonata
Grovlez Sarabande and Allegro
Handel Fitzwilliam Sonata in Bb major, any two movements
Poulenc Sonata, any one movement
Saint-Saëns Sonata in D, any one movement
Clarinet
Performance of two contrasting pieces or movements selected from the following
list:
Arnold Sonatina, 1st or 3rd movement
L Bernstein Sonata, any (1st or 2nd) movements
Milhaud Duo Concertant
Poulenc Sonata, any (1st, 2nd or 3rd) movements
Stravinsky Three Pieces, Nos. 1 and 2
or 2 and 3
Weber Concerto No. 1 in F, 1st
or 3rd movement
Messager Solo de Concours
Bassoon
Performance of two contrasting pieces selected from the following list:
Grovlez Sicilienne and Allegro giocoso
Pauer Concerto, 1st movement
Pierne Solo de Concert Op.35
Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, F.VIII No. 2, 1st movement
Weber Concerto, 1st movement
Mozart Concerto, 1st
or 3rd movement
A Baroque Sonata of the candidate’s choice
Alto Saxophone
Performance of two contrasting pieces selected from the following list:
J S Bach (arr. Mule) Sonata No. 4, 1st and 2nd movements
Paul Bonneau Suite, complete
Jolivet Fantaisie-Impromptu
Koechlin Étude No. 1 from 15 Études
Paul Maurice Tableaux de Provence, 1st and 2nd movements
Phil Woods Sonata, 1st and 2nd movements
Tenor Saxophone
Performance of two contrasting pieces selected from the following list:
Fiocco (arr. Bazelaire, Concerto, 1st movement only trans. Londeix)
Handel (arr. Londeix) Sonata in G minor, Op.1 No. 6, complete
Villa Lobos Fantasia for [soprano or] tenor saxophone, 1st movement
Marcello (arr. Joosen) Concerto in C minor, complete
F Martin Ballade (1940) for [trombone or] tenor saxophone
Burnet Tuthill Sonata, Op. 56, 2nd and 3rd movements
Sight Reading will be given.
