Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
One-year viola
Application deadline
August 12, 2016
Audition date
September 19–20, 2016
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(Posted on July 5, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo Bach
Bach—Suite No. 1 for cello
  • Prelude
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestra excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 147–213
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • Pickup to 3 after 1 to 1 after 4
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: C–55
  • Mvt. IV: G–I
  • Mvt. I: 114–136
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: D to 8 after D
  • Mvt. IV: B–D
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • 4 to 1 after 6
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: first page
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to five before D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
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