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Round 1:
Classical concerto (Dittersdorf or Vanhal), 1st and 2nd movements with cadenzas

Round 2:
Romantic concerto (Koussevitzky or Bottesini), 1st and 2nd movements with cadenzas

Round 3:
Solo passages and tutti passages
Solo passages:

Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 31, Variation 7
Mahler – Symphony No. 1, 3rd movement
Verdi – Rigoletto
Stravinsky – Pulcinella

Tutti passages:
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, 2nd and 3rd movements
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, recitative and theme (bars 92–115 in Allegro Assai)
Mahler – Symphony No. 2, 1st movement, beginning to bar 20
Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, 1st and 4th movements
Smetana – The Bartered Bride
Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier Waltz
Verdi – Otello
The sheet music for Haydn's Symphony No. 31 and Mahler's Symphony No. 2 will be sent out with the invitation; everything else can be found in the audition book published by Schott Music.