Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
November 11, 2016
Audition date
December 12, 2016
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(Posted on October 31, 2016; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
  • Prelude
One of the following solo movements
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Dittersdorf—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Vanhal—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: C–195
  • Mvt. III: 1–214
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–107
  • Mvt. IV: K–594
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. III: 83–111
  • Mvt. IV: 17–62
  • Mvt. IV: 114–164
  • Mvt. V: 241–320
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 41–90
  • Mvt. I: 214–309
  • Mvt. IV: 33–52
  • Mvt. IV: 166–195
  • Mvt. IV: 222–239
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 49–51
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22 to 4 before 27
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 4 after B to C
  • Mvt. I: P to 12 after Q
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV: Soli
Sight-reading
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