Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Acting section viola
Application deadline
May 31, 2013
Audition date
June 13, 2013
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(Posted on May 16, 2013; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo Bach
Bach—Suite No. 1 for cello
  • Sarabande
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestra repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 116–215
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: K to 19 before L
  • Mvt. II: C–D
  • Mvt. IV: G–I
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: beginning–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–B
  • Mvt. IV: 134–E
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. IV
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: “Allegro” (62) to D
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
  • Pickup to 94 to 6 before 98
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to five before D
Possible sight-reading
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