The Philadelphia Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
November 25, 2016
Audition date
January 9–14, 2017
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(Posted on November 12, 2016; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Any movement from any Bach cello suite of the candidate’s choice
One of the following concertos (in orchestra tuning and with cadenzas)
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Vanhal—Bass Concerto in D Major
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—Violin Concerto in E
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 35–70
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 14–A
  • Mvt. I: I–299
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–108
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 51 to the second ending
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 654–685
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 280–290
  • Mvt. I: 382–L
  • Mvt. IV: 244–M
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I: E–G
  • Mvt. I: T–W
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 43 to 1 after 47
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 41–90
  • Mvt. IV: 33–52
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 13–48
  • Mvt. I: 59–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–182
Prokofiev—Ivan the Terrible
  • “Ivan’s Appeal to the Boyars”: solo
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: 1–65
  • Mvt. III: B to 7 after C
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22 to 4 after 26
Sibelius—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1 to 11 before A
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9–11
  • 40–41
  • 4 before 49 to 9 before 50
  • 2 before 61 to 70
  • 77–78
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