Cleveland Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Section cello
Application deadline
October 1, 2015
Audition date
January 4, 2016
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(Posted on September 2, 2015; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A movement from a standard concerto of your choice
One movement from a Bach cello suite
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 5
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II, “Adagio non troppo”
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 6 before 10
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV
Smetana—Má Vlast
  • Vyšehrad: 3 before 8 to 3 after 11
  • From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields (Z českých luhů a hájů): 1 before 10 to 13
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 4 before 3 to 5
  • 13–20
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
  • R–T
  • 10 after V to 4 after W
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: H to 2 after K
Sight-reading
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