Audition information

Position
Second bassoon
Audition date
May 25, 2016
Weeks in season
30
Payment
$97 per service
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(Posted on April 5, 2016; last updated almost 8 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
Solo
MozartBassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I (no cadenza)
  • Mvt. II (no cadenza)
First bassoon excerpts
BachOrchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
  • Mvt. I
MozartThe Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 1–25
  • Overture: 139–171
RavelBoléro
  • 2 after 2 to 3
TchaikovskySymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 274–end
Second bassoon excerpts
BartókConcerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 8–25
  • Mvt. II: 165–181
  • Mvt. V: 59–73
  • Mvt. V: 148–162
  • Mvt. V: 356–373
BerliozSymphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 15 before 51 to 53
  • Mvt. V: 7 after 63 to 4 after 64
BrahmsSymphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 52–84
  • Mvt. I: 112–116
  • Mvt. II: 1–33
  • Mvt. IV: 1–18
BrahmsViolin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
BrahmsPiano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 1–14
RavelPiano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. III: 5 after 14 to 16
RavelRapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. I: 89
SibeliusSymphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 35–43
  • Mvt. II: 40–56
  • Mvt. II: 101–117
TchaikovskySymphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: 1–36
WagnerTannhäuser
  • Overture: 1–16
Possible sight-reading
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