National Symphony Orchestra (United States) clarinet audition

Audition information
Position
Bass clarinet
Application deadline
January 4, 2016
Audition date
March 5–7, 2016
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(Posted on December 2, 2015; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Saint-Saëns—The Swan
Excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 22 to 7 after 28
  • 12 before 50 to 52
Grofé—Grand Canyon Suite
  • Mvt. III: 3 after 2 to 3
  • Mvt. III: 8 before 13 to 13
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Allegro: 1 before B to 4 before D
  • Turandot, Scherzo: J–N
  • March: 6 to 8 after A
Khachaturian—Piano Concerto
  • Mvt. I: 391–400
  • Mvt. II: 2–8
  • Mvt. II: 220–234
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 9 before 1 to 4 after 1
Mahler—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 24 to 12 after 24
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 6 before 157 to 3 after 157
  • 4 after 165 to 3 after 167
  • 1 before 208 to 5 after 210
  • 3 after 212 to 214
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Fugue: 328–351
  • Toccata: 157–170
Shostakovich—Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 23 to 13 after 24
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 14 to 2 before 19
  • 8 after 26 to 10 after 26
  • 72–74
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 5 to 4 after 6
  • 11–12
  • 48–49
  • 1 before 141 to 142
Wagner—Götterdämmerung
  • Vorspiel: 5 before 15 to 5 after 15
  • Vorspiel: 15 after 30 to 21 after 30
Wagner—Tristan and Isolde
  • Act II, Scene 3: “Mässig langsam” to 10 after Ii
  • Act II, Scene 3: second “Wieder langsam” for 6 measures
  • Act II, Scene 3: “Wieder bewegter” to 11 after Kk
First clarinet parts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. I: 2 before K to 17 after K
  • Mvt. II: D to 9 after D
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 1–22
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–B
Second clarinet parts
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 1–22
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 10 before B
  • Scherzo: L–M
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1, Op. 10
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after 26 to 30
Possible sight-reading
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