Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia violin audition

Audition information
Position
Principal second violin
Application deadline
April 5, 2013
Audition date
May 1, 2013
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(Posted on January 25, 2013; last updated over 11 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of any Bach solo sonata or partita
The first and second movements, with cadenzas, of one of the following concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
The first movement of one of the following concertos, with cadenza
Brahms—Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
Orchestral excerpts, first violin
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 1–46
Haydn—Symphony No. 104
  • Mvt. I: 17–99
  • Mvt. II: 1–37
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 2–110
  • Mvt. IV: 22–54
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 26–119
  • Mvt. II: 1–38
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. II: 5–20
  • Mvt. IV: 1–90
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 14
  • Mvt. II: 1–46
Orchestral excerpts, second violin
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. II: 344–396
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 41–60
  • Mvt. IV: 1–99
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 159–220
Duo, to be played with the concertmaster
Leclair—Sonata No. 5
  • Mvt. I
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