Houston Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
January 17, 2017
Audition date
March 18–21, 2017
Weeks in season
52
Payment
$1,805 per week
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(Posted on December 2, 2016; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from any J. S. Bach solo cello suite
Oen of the following concerto movements
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Vanhal—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral repertoire
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Badinerie
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–107
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 15–127
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. I: second ending to 5 after 9
  • Mvt. V: pickup to 2 after 70 to 6 after 73
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 157–189
  • Mvt. II: 46–61
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I: E–G
  • Mvt. IV: P to 4 after R
Dutilleux—The Shadows of Time
  • 37–41
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–41
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 41–90
  • Mvt. I: 237–253
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 13–48
  • Mvt. IV: 134–215
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Scene V: 4 after 49 to 50
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: 1 to 3 after A
  • Mvt. III: B to 7 after C
  • Mvt. III: 16 before D to 3 after D
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22 to 5 after 26
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 5 after 12
  • 40–41
  • 51–65
  • 77–78
Chamber music
Dvořák—String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77
  • Mvt. I
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