Spring 2026: Thursdays at 6pm in Bibbins 238

February 5  Ravel: Boléro (fl 1 opening, and piccolo solos also welcome)

February 12 slow version: Stravinsky: Firebird, Variation de l’oiseau de feu (1919)    (flute 1 OR piccolo)

February 19 faster version: Stravinsky: Firebird, Variation de l’oiseau de feu (1919)    (flute 1 OR piccolo)

February 26 Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 “Italian” (mvt.s II and IV) (Sinfonietta concert @ 7:30) 

March 5 slow version: Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947) 

March 13 faster version: Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947) 

March 20 Dvorak: Symphony 8 in G (mvt. IV)

April 2 Brahms: Symphony 4 (mvt. IV solo) (Chamber Orchestra concert @ 7:30)

April 9 no class - alexa touring (Oberlin Orchestra concert @ 7:30)

April 16 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé 

April 23 Gluck: Orpheus; Menuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Act II

April 30 no class (Sinfonietta concert @ 7:30)

May 7 t.b.a.

For advance preparation, listen to MANY recordings and study full scores. For Alexa's fake fingerings and practice hints, please see http://www.alexastill.com/excerpts/excerpts.html

Orchestral audio tracks of the relevant bits can be found in the link in each semester's rep listed below (after photo). - You should ALSO listen to entire works to get a sense of scale, proportion and to understand the style!

ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS (four semester spread)

I

Brahms: Symphony 4 (mvt. IV)

Dvorak: Symphony 8 in G (mvt. IV)

Gluck: Orpheus; Menuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Act II

Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 “Italian” (mvt.s II and IV)

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Ravel: Boléro

Stravinsky: Firebird, Variation de l’oiseau de feu (1919)

Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947)

semester I orchestral audio can be found here 

II

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

Bizet: Carmen; Entra’cte (prelude to act III)

Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis (mvt. III)

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Nights Dream; scherzo

Prokofieff: Peter and the Wolf

Rossini: William Tell, Overture

Shostakovich: Symphony 5 (mvt.s I, II, III)

 semester II orchestral audio can be found here

III

Bach: St Mathew Passion: “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben”

Beethoven: Symphony 3 “Eroica” (mvt. IV)

Beethoven: Symphony 7 (opening)

Brahms: Symphony 1 (mvt. IV)

Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, #10 Voliere

Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Strauss: Salome; Dance of the Seven Veils

Tchaikovsky: Symphony 4 (mvt. III)

Smetana: The Moldau (opening)

 semester III orchestral audio can be found here

IV

Bartok: Concerto for orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony 4 (mvt. II)

Beethoven: Symphony 6 ( mvt. II)

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (mvt. VI)

Prokofieff: Classical Symphony (mvt.s II and IV)

Rimsky Korsakov: Sheherazade

Stravinsky: Chant du Rossignol

Tchaikovsky: Francesca di Rimini

semester IV orchestral audio can be found here