Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
B-contract viola
Audition date
December 14, 2016
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(Posted on October 28, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first three pages of the first movement of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 5 after 8
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 41–80
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 5 before D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–66
Possible sight-reading
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