The Philadelphia Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal cello
Application deadline
March 28, 2016
Audition date
May 2–9, 2016
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(Posted on March 13, 2016; last updated about 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solos
Haydn—Cello Concerto in C Major
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Haydn—Cello Concerto in D Major
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Also one of the following solos
Bloch—Schelomo
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
Elgar—Cello Concerto
Schumann—Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky—Variations on a Rococo Theme
Two contrasting movements from one Bach cello suite
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. II: 114–123
Beethoven—The Creatures of Prometheus
  • Act II: solo
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II, “Adagio non troppo”
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 1–8
  • Mvt. III: 71–85
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 7 after 9
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 12 after 11 to 8 after 12
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: beginning to A
  • Mvt. IV: 134–142
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 9–10
  • Mvt. IV: 79–80
Rossini—William Tell Overture
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1, Op. 10
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Theme
  • Variation 5
  • Finale
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • Beginning to 3 after 2
  • 12 to 6 after 13
  • 4 before 46 to 4 after 49
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
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