Boston Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Section cello
Application deadline
October 13, 2014
Audition date
January 20–21, 2014
Go to web page

(Posted on June 14, 2013; last updated over 8 years ago)

Find other cello auditions listed on Magnum Opus.

Audition Repertoire
Solos
Saint-Saëns—The Swan
Schubert—Arpeggione Sonata
  • Mvt. I
Schumann—Cello Concerto
Orchestra passages
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. IV
Berlioz—The Damnation of Faust
  • Scene IV: 1–8
  • Scene XIV: 1–56
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. IV
  • Mvt. II, “Adagio non troppo”
Debussy—La Mer
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. IV
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Wagner—Tristan and Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Sight-reading
Discussion

    It’s quiet in here! Log in to comment.