Seattle Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Concertmaster
Audition date
June 3–6, 2016
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(Posted on April 15, 2016; last updated almost 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solo movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
The first movement—with cadenza—of a Beethoven or post-Beethoven concerto
Orchestral solos
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • “Erbarme dich, mein Gott”: 1–9
  • No. 42, “Gebt mir meinen Jesum weider”: 1–13
Beethoven—Missa solemnis
  • Sanctus
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. IV, “Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête”
  • Mvt. V, “Le jardin féerique”
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • All solos
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. II
Strauss—Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
  • Mvt. IV, “Entry and Dance of the Tailors”
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 22–32
Strauss—Four Last Songs
  • Mvt. III, “Beim Schlafengehen”
First violin orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: F–G
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
  • Mvt. II: 88–102
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. I, “Dawn”
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33–39
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–105
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1–62
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: G–end
Possible sight-reading
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