Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal cello
Application deadline
September 19, 2015
Audition date
October 3, 2015
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$47,523.20 per year
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(Posted on August 4, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition of a major romantic concerto
Any movement from the following pieces
Bach—Suite No. 2 for cello
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
Bach—Suite No. 4 for cello
Tutti excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–15
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 7 after 9
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: beginning to the first double bar
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 79–80, top part
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
  • O–Q
  • R–T
Solo excerpts
Beethoven—The Creatures of Prometheus
  • Act II
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III
Strauss—Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
  • 84–88
Verdi—Rigoletto
  • Act II, No. 9
Possible sight-reading
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