Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade, concertmaster solo

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Violin58 bpm50s take

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Where this excerpt appears

Concertmaster and associate concertmaster auditions
Section principal auditions at regional and civic orchestras
Conservatory graduate degree recitals featuring solo excerpts
Festival concertmaster selection rounds

Panel-ready practice tips

1.This is a character piece disguised as an excerpt — the storytelling is the audition. Sing the phrase before you play it; if you can't sing it you can't play it convincingly.
2.Cadenza timing is entirely yours — but panels hate rubato that feels indulgent. Time the pauses with a silent count.
3.The fast passagework in the middle is not supposed to be played cleanly at maximum speed. Panels reward musical shaping over clean-but-fast.
4.The high harmonics at the end are the make-or-break moment — practice the approach to them from two bars earlier every single practice session.
5.Intonation anchor: the open A in bar 1 of each statement. Check that against a drone before every run-through.