Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal viola
Audition date
September 20–21, 2015
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(Posted on July 16, 2015; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from the Bach cello suites
The first three pages of the first movement of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 5 after 8
Solo
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Orchestral solos
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
  • Mvt. I, second viola part: 1–40
  • Mvt. II, second viola part: 1–20
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • 1 after 7 to 8
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 29–34
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 41–80
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • 12–13
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: C–L
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–66
Possible sight-reading
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