More than just a collection of difficult passages for the aspiring orchestral pro, these extracts from the classical, romantic and twentieth-century concert repertoire reveal the tricks of the trade. Rodney Friend has over 40 years’ experience as leader (concert-master) of some of the world’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and BBC Symphony, and has thus performed with leading maestri such as Haitink, Mehta, Barenboim, Solti, Giulini and B...

• Ravel: La Valse
• Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
• Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
• Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
• Schuber: Symphony No. 9 "The Great C major"
• Bruckner Symphony No. 9
• Brahms: Symphony No. 4
• Schumann: Symphony No. 2
• Walton: Overture "Portsmouth Point"
• Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scheherazade
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
• Wagner: Overture "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"
• Moussour...