Illinois Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal bass
Application deadline
August 28, 2015
Audition date
September 27, 2015
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(Posted on July 6, 2015; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement (exposition only, without cadenza) of a standard concerto
Any movement of a Bach cello suite
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 114–123
  • Mvt. III: 1–18
  • Mvt. III: 44–100
  • Mvt. III: 140–218 (23 after B)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 8–16
  • Mvt. IV: 24–29
  • Mvt. IV: 56–62
  • Mvt. IV: 65–75
  • Mvt. IV: 80–90
  • Mvt. IV: 38–47
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 161–185
  • Mvt. I: 434–474
  • Mvt. II: 46–57
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 114–138
  • Mvt. I: 191–225
  • Mvt. IV: 49–70
  • Mvt. IV: 153–205
  • Mvt. IV: 219–246
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 24 to 4 after 26
  • Mvt. III: 4 after 82 to 84
  • Mvt. III: 2 after 88 to 89
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 1 after 11
  • 9 after 15 to 1 after 17
  • 77–78
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 3–10
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