Theodore Presser Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, Volume 2 - Baxtresser - Flute/Piano - Book

Arranger: Teddy Niedermaier
Annotated: Jeanne Baxtresser
Text: Jeanne Baxtresser
Editor: Daniel Dorff
Format: Solo Part with Piano Reduction
Instrumentation: Flute and Piano

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.

Contents:

• 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
• BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
• BARTOK, BELA: Concerto for Orchestra
• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
• BERLIOZ, HECTOR: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
• GOUNOD, CHARLES: Petite Symphonie
• MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9, Symphony No. 10
• MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS: The Magic Flute, K. 620
• PISTON, WALTER: The Incredible Flutist
• RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NICOLAI: Scheherazade
• SCHUMANN, ROBERT: Symphony No. 1, Spring, Op. 38
• SHOSTAKOVITCH, DMITRI: Symphony No. 5, Op. 47, Symphony No. 6, Op. 54, Symphony No. 15, Op. 141
• STRAUSS, RICHARD: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Don Juan, Op. 20, Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53
• STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Firebird, Jeu de Cartes, Symphonies of Wind Instruments
• TCHAIKOVSKY, PETER ILYITCH: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Swan Lake, Op. 20
• WILLIAMS, JOHN: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Star Wars, War Horse