New York Philharmonic bass audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal bass
Application deadline
March 20, 2016
Audition date
April 19–29, 2016
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(Posted on September 8, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following Bach movements
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
  • Bourée I and II
  • Gigue
One of the following concertos
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Vanhal—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
Orchestral repertoire
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Double
  • Badinerie
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. IV
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Soli
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Scene V: 4 after 49 to 1 after 50
  • Scene V: 3 before 51 to 51
Schoenberg—Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
  • 1 before 29 to 34
  • 37–46
  • 1 after 71 to 3 after 74
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
Verdi—Otello
  • Soli
Possible sight-reading
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