Sarasota Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Principal cello
Application deadline
August 1, 2016
Audition date
September 12–13, 2016
Payment
$45,814.60 per year
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(Posted on June 8, 2016; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of solo Bach of the candidate’s choice
One of the following solos
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Elgar—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Haydn—Cello Concerto in D Major
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Saint-Saëns—Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Schumann—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Principal solo excerpts
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: D–end
Puccini—Tosca
  • Act III solo
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • 1–48
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 5
Strauss—Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
  • No. 6: 3 after 1 to 2 after 8
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 140–218
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: C–55
  • Mvt. IV: B–D
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 7 after 9
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: N–O
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 25–90
  • Mvt. I: 257–330
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–28
Chamber music
Dvořák—String Quartet in A♭ Major, Op. 105
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—String Quartet No. 23 in F, K. 590
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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