The Philadelphia Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin
Application deadline
September 2, 2013
Audition date
October 24–29, 2013
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(Posted on August 5, 2013; last updated over 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
Brahms—Violin Concerto
Dvořák—Violin Concerto
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
First violin orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 17–31
  • Mvt. II: 51–54
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 35 to 6 after 38
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 16–19
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. IV: 1–11
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
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