Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Associate concertmaster
Application deadline
December 23, 2016
Audition date
January 29–30, 2017
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(Posted on June 2, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I
The first movement from a Romantic or 20th century concerto
First violin orchestral parts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–115
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
  • Mvt. II: 30–40
  • Mvt. II: 88–103
  • Mvt. III: 1–45
  • Mvt. III: 246–end
  • Mvt. IV: 33–81
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 15–19
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–100
  • Mvt. II: 1–28
  • Mvt. II: 96–126
  • Mvt. IV: 1–105
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 1–12
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 3 after 38
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
  • Mvt. IV: 2 before 113 to 115
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: 5 after 8 to the end
Orchestral solos
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • “Erbame Dich, mein Gott”
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 90–end (solo at E)
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • All solos
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 after 22 to 32
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
  • Mvt. IV (Scene)
Possible sight-reading
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