Double Bass standard orchestral repertoire

[Leco reis]

Ok, i am trying to get a orchestral repertoire together.
Any one has an idea of a standar repertoire( I know could be too long)\
Any web page where I can find that info?
thanks guys

 

[jallenbass]

Here's a start:

Beethoven 5 & 9
Mozart 35, 39, 40 and 41
R. Strauss - Don Juan and Ein Heldenleben

Some combination of these are on most audition lists.

 

[Leco reis]

thanks I'll look for those

 

[KSB - Ken Smith]

There are excerpt book available of the more important pieces. Also, 'Simandl book I' has a few in the back as well. The etude book by various people help prepare you for the technique neede to play most things. I rarely remember the actual parts but the technique helps me to play whatever is on the stand. Fingering and bowing agility make a world of difference. I feel it cuts the difficulty in half.

After playing Beeth 5th last year, I found an easier fingering for the fast eight notes in the 3/4 section. I cut out one string crossing by pivot shifting rather than jumping back n forth changing strings for a single open string note. In this case, shifting made it easier to play than position playing.

Practice, practice, practice..

 

[Bruce Jackson]

Also go to sites of orchestras. Some times they'll post audition lists, but jallenbass has put you on the right track.

 

[kpo]

Ok, i am trying to get a orchestral repertoire together.
Any one has an idea of a standar repertoire( I know could be too long)\
Any web page where I can find that info?
thanks guys

Are you looking for stuff that an orchestra plays most frequently, or are you looking for the stuff that shows up on bass auditions?

The two are not the same...

The best place to start on standard *audition* material is either with a performing pro's music library (ie - seek out lessons with a pro), or buy the Oscar Zimmerman books of COMPLETE DOUBLE BASS PARTS.

This topic is addressed in the talkbass forum "Orchestral Auditions" under "how to prepare".

A general list of COMPLETE bass parts you should know FOR AUDITIONS:

Bach: Orchestral Suite #2
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven: All Symphonies, but most notably #s 3, 5, 7, 9
Berlioz: Symphonie Phantastique, Roman Festival Overture
Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 2 most often, occasionally 3 or 4
Bruckner: Sym: 5, 8, 9
Haydn: Sym: #88
Mahler: Sym: 2, 5
Mendelssohn: Sym: #3(Scottish) & 4 (Italian)
Mozart: Sym: 35(Haffner), 39, 40, 41
Shostakovich:Sym: 5
Schubert: Sym: C major ("The Great")
Smetana: Overture "The Bartered Bride"
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Don Juan, Also Sprach Zarathustra
Tchaikowsky: Sym: #4

ORCHESTRAL SOLOS:
Bach: Violin Concerto #2
Britten:Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Ginastera: Variationes Concertantes, Concerto per Corde
Haydn Symphonies #6, 7, 8, 31, 45
Mahler: Symphony #1
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Prokofiev: Lt. Kije suite, Romeo and Juliet suites
Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des Animaux
Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Verdi: Othello, Rigoletto

 

[Leco reis]

Wow thats IT!!
Thaks guys

 

[Leco reis]

Are you looking for stuff that an orchestra plays most frequently, or are you looking for the stuff that shows up on bass auditions?


I guess both , you see I am a jazz player and Brasilian jazz(since I am from Brasil).
But I love classical bass.
I am taking lessons with Hommer mensch now and I just want to get more familiar with the repertoire.
I do not see me in any auditions for orchestra.
It is just not my cup of tea.
I have played in a college Orchestra before, but I couldn't do only that.
I love iprovisation
And I love what the bow has to offer too .
I don't know is that confusing???

thanks for all again