Description
Baxtresser Orchestral Excerpts for Flute
Baxtresser Orchestral Excerpts for Flute
Publisher – Theodore Presser
Jeanne Baxtresser, former principal flautist with the New York Philharmonic, and Martha Rearick (Orchestral flautist and pianist) have compiled a book of the most popular audition pieces. Each excerpt comes with Baxtresser’s performance notes and advice.
BOOK OPTIONS
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
VOLUME ONE
- Learning to Take a Successful Audition
- Playing in an Orchestra
- How to Use This Book
- Acknowledgments
- About Jeanne Baxtresser and Martha Rearick
- Notes for the Pianist
- Debussy, Claude Prélude a l’apres-midi d’un faune
- Gluck, Christoph Menuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Act II of Orpheus)
- Hindemith, Paul Symphonic Metamorphosis; Turandot, Scherzo, Movement II
- Mahler, Gustav Das Lied von der Erde; Movement VI, Der Abschied, excerpts with vocal cues
- Prokofiev, Sergei Classical Symphony, from Movement II; Peter and the Wolf
- Ravel, Maurice Bolero; Daphnis et Chloë
- Rossini, Gioacchino William Tell Overture
- Saint-Saëns, Camille Carnival of the Animals, 10. Volière
- Strauss, Richard Dance of the Seven Veils; Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
- Stravinsky, Igor Chant du Rossignol; Firebird Suite, 1919 Version; Petrouchka,
- 1947 Revised Version
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch Symphony No. 4
VOLUME TWO
Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, Volume 2 With Piano Accompaniment Teddy Niedermaier (arranger), Daniel Dorff (editor), Jeanne Baxtresser (author), Adria Foster (author) Orchestral Excerpts for Flute with Piano Accompaniment has transformed the literature and become the standard excerpt book since its release in 1995. The original collection presents excerpts as you’ll see them on auditions and orchestra stands, enhanced with Baxtresser’s insightful commentaries on preparing each excerpt. Prefatory essays and piano accompaniments add further resources to best prepare for auditions and life as an orchestra player. Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, Volume 2 with Piano Accompaniment provides all the same features for thorough preparation of another 56 excerpts drawn from 27 works including Tchaikowsky ballets, Strauss tone poems, John Williams film scores, and a wealth of essential repertoire from Bach through Stravinsky.
- Dedication
- A Letter to my Dear Flutist Friends
- Notes for the Pianist
- To the Pianists, With My Appreciation
- Why This New Book?
- Learning and Studying Excerpts Today
- How to Use This Book
- Flute Parts – The Music You Will Use
- Learning to Take a Successful Audition
- Personal Preparation
- The Audition – To Win or to Learn
- Playing in an Orchestra
- Playing in Opera and Ballet Orchestras
- Acknowledgments
- About Jeanne Baxtresser
- About the Collaborative Editors
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