Dallas Symphony Orchestra harp audition

Audition information
Position
Principal harp
Application deadline
August 8, 2015
Audition date
September 21–29, 2015
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(Posted on July 6, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299
  • Mvt. I
Cadenzas
Smetana—Má Vlast: Vyšehrad
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake
  • Act 2
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Waltz of the Flowers
Excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. IV: 42–58
  • Mvt. IV: 119–127
  • Mvt. V: 345–356
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. II
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation I
  • Fugue: I–J
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2–6, Harp I
  • Mvt. I: 14 to 2 after 15, Harp I
  • Mvt. II: 4 after 33 to 5 after 36, Harp I
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Adagietto
Ravel—Tzigane
  • 4–5
  • 12 to 8 after 13
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: cadenza after L for 7 measures
  • Mvt. V
Strauss—Death and Transfiguration
  • 16–19
  • 1 after B to 4 after C
Strauss—Salome
  • Dance of the Seven Veils, Harp I part: H–S
Stravinsky—Symphony in Three Movements
  • Mvt. II: 3 after 117 to 120
  • Mvt. II: 122–128
  • Mvt. III: 1 before 172 to 177
  • Mvt. III: 191–194
Wagner—Die Walküre
  • Magic Fire Music, Act III, Scene III: 4 after 97 to 6 after 100
Chamber music
Ravel—Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet
Possible sight-reading
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