Columbus Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bass
Application deadline
March 11, 2016
Audition date
April 18–19, 2016
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(Posted on January 11, 2016; last updated almost 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements (with cadenza if applicable)
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Vanhal—Bass Concerto
One movement of a Bach suite for cello
Solo
Mozart—Per Questa Bella Mano, K. 612
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I: 13 before B to 1 after C
  • Mvt. IV: 1–116
  • Mvt. IV: K–525
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 11 after A to B
  • Mvt. I: 4 before E to 7 after F
  • Mvt. IV: 8 before L to M
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–B
  • Mvt. IV
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 14 before A to C
Schoenberg—Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
  • 1 before 29 to 34
  • 1 after 71 to 3 after 74
  • 94–100
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: B to 7 after C
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22–27
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • A–D
  • F to 3 before G
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 6 after 12
  • 40–41
  • 3 before 55 to 7 after 57
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV: Soli
Orchestral and chamber solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: variation 7 solo
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: solo
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • Mvt. II, Romance: 24 to 5 after 24
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
  • Vivo: solo
Possible sight-reading
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