Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bassoon
Application deadline
December 23, 2016
Audition date
February 5–6, 2017
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(Posted on December 15, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I
Weber—Bassoon Concerto, Op. 75
  • Mvt. II
First bassoon excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
  • Mvt. I: 54–63
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 184–189
  • Mvt. IV: 298–302
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. II: 7–17
  • Mvt. II: 33–37
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: 523–525
  • Mvt. II: 20–30
  • Mvt. III: 135–142
  • Mvt. III: 151–158
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. II: 3–35
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 1–24
  • Overture: 101–115
  • Overture: 156–164
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. I: 184–189
  • Mvt. II: 93–99
  • Mvt. IV: 83–94
  • Mvt. IV: 154–172
Mozart—Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388
  • Mvt. IV: 144–175
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 9 to 3 before 10
  • Mvt. III: 5 after 14 to 16, both parts
Schoenberg—Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38
  • Mvt. II: 240–251
  • Mvt. II: 289–311
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Sinfonia: 1–4
  • Mvt. IIIb, Allegro: 2 before 36 to 36
  • Mvt. IIIb, Allegro: 38–39
  • Toccata: 1 before 69 to 71
  • Gavotta: variation 2A 81 to the end
Stravinsky—L’historie du soldat
  • Scene 2: 2–14
  • Ragtime: 26 to 2 after 27
  • Devil’s Dance: 1 to 4 after 2
Chamber music
Nielsen—Wind Quintet, Op. 43
  • Mvt. I
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Gavotta: variation 2A 81 to the end, with repeats
Villa-Lobos—Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6
  • Mvt. I
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