Dallas Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
January 2, 2017
Audition date
January 30 through March 20, 2017
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(Posted on December 2, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following Bach movements
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
  • Bourée I and II
  • Gigue
One of the following concerto movements
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Vanhal—Bass Concerto
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—Violin Concerto in E
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 180–195
  • Mvt. III: 1–218
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: Recitatives
  • Mvt. IV: 92–164
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 44–66
  • Mvt. I: 270–301
  • Mvt. I: 382–423
  • Mvt. II: 50–55
  • Mvt. IV: 244–267
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: 1–B
  • Mvt. IV: 57–181
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: 1–65
  • Mvt. III: B to 7 after C
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 1 after 11
  • 8 before 16 to 2 after 17
  • 40–41
  • 2 before 61 to 70
  • 77–78
Orchestral solos
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Scene V: 4 after 49 to 8 after 50
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV: solo
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