Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bass
Audition date
November 6–7, 2016
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(Posted on September 12, 2016; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement—with cadenza if applicable—of a concerto of the candidate’s choice
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
Verdi—Otello
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Double
  • Badinerie
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: C–152
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Recitative and ode
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: first page
  • Mvt. IV
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9–12
  • 40–41
  • 51–63
  • 77–78
Possible sight-reading
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