The Philadelphia Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section second violin
Application deadline
February 24, 2017
Audition date
April 25 through May 1, 2017
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(Posted on February 3, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition and development of the first movement of one of the following concertos
Barber—Violin Concerto
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 1
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
Brahms—Violin Concerto
Dvořák—Violin Concerto
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
The exposition and development of 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
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Adagietto
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Second violin orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 51–135
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. V: 1–468
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I: 1–K
  • Mvt. II: 1–146
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. III: C–E
  • Mvt. III: I–K
Mozart—Symphony No. 31
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. III
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV
Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Mvt. VII, “Limoges”
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. II: 11 before 33 to 38
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