New York Philharmonic violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin (5 openings)
Application deadline
January 15, 2017
Audition date
March 2–15, 2017
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(Posted on December 5, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of the G minor, A minor, or C major unaccompanied sonata by J. S. Bach
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
One of the following solos
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Dvořák—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
First violin orchestral repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
  • Mvt. II: 88–101
  • Mvt. III: 247–end
  • Mvt. IV: 33–80
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 6 after 38
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. IV: 1–34
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 26–99
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78
Schubert—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 11–47
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 9–12
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: 12 before G to the end
Second violin orchestral repertoire
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 265–317
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 238–274
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Adagio: 53–64
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture: 16–59
Chamber music
Beethoven—String Quartet Opus. 18, No. 4
  • Mvt. I, first violin part
Beethoven—String Quartet Opus. 18, No. 6
  • Mvt. I, second violin part
Sight-reading
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