Atlanta Symphony Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal bassoon
Application deadline
June 10, 2016
Audition date
September 11–13, 2016
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(Posted on May 3, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Orchestral Works
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 20–30
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 117–140
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 2 before 52 to 2 after 53
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation II
  • Variation III
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 61 to first ending
  • Mvt. I: 101–124
  • Mvt. I: 149–155
  • Mvt. III: 110–138
Mozart—Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488
  • Mvt. I: 38–67
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 101–123
  • Overture: 139–171
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 9–10
  • Mvt. III: 14–16
Ravel—Boléro
  • 2 after 2 to 3
Ravel—Alborada del Grazioso
  • 9–12
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 5–A
  • Mvt. II: 2 after L to M
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: 188–195
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
  • Mvt. IV, m. 10 to Mvt. V, m. 27 (attacca)
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Beginning to 3 after 3
  • 12 to 3 after 12
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 274–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 1–12
Possible sight-reading
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