Madison Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bass
Audition date
September 9, 2016
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(Posted on June 16, 2016; last updated almost 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a bass concerto of your choice
One movement from a Bach cello suite of your choice
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–116
  • Mvt. IV: K–525
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 11 after A to B
  • Mvt. I: 4 before E to 7 after F
  • Mvt. IV: 8 before L to M
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 13–21
  • Mvt. I: 14 before A to C
  • Mvt. IV: after repeat to C
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22–27
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 6 after 12
  • 40–41
  • 51–70
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: variation 7
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: solo
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • Mvt. II, Romance: 24 to 5 after 24
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
  • Mvt. VII: solo
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