Minnesota Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal cello
Application deadline
March 14, 2016
Audition date
May 25–29, 2016
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(Posted on January 5, 2016; last updated about 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Prelude and Sarabande from any of the Bach cello suites
The first movement without cadenza of a major concerto
Solo Excerpts
Beethoven—The Creatures of Prometheus
  • Act II, No. 5: cadenza through measure 39 of the “Andante quasi Allegretto”
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: solos
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. II: solos
Strauss—Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
  • No. 6: 1–7
  • No. 9: 84–89
Stravinsky—The Fairy’s Kiss (Le baiser de la fée)
  • 6 before 170 to 2 after 174
Suppé—Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna Overture
  • Solo
Orchestral Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 40-59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–16
  • Mvt. IV: 170-206
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–16
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 7 after 9
Mahler—Symphony No. 4
  • First Page
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: C–D
  • Scherzo: N–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–41
  • Mvt. IV: 57-77
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • Beginning to 7 after 13
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. II: 1–36
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–63
Chamber Music
Mozart—String Quartet in B♭ major, K 589
  • Mvt. I: Exposition
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