Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bassoon
Audition date
May 6, 2013
Payment
$26,230 per year
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(Posted on April 9, 2013; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo repertoire
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I (no cadenza)
  • Mvt. II (no cadenza)
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 15–25
  • Mvt. IV: 177–190
  • Mvt. IV: 298–302
  • Mvt. IV: 348–end
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: A–C
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 15 before 51 to 53
  • Mvt. V: 7 after 63 to 3 after 64
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 36–first ending
  • Mvt. I: 89–119
  • Mvt. I: 149–178
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 1–A
  • Overture: 5 after B to D
  • Overture: 229–244
Ravel—Boléro
  • 2–3
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
  • Mvt. IV
  • Mvt. V: beginning to 1 before A
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • Berceuse: 1–3
  • Berceuse: 6–8
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
  • Tocatta: 1 before 69 to 1 before 71
  • Gavotte Variation: 81–85 with repeat
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Beginning to 6 before 13
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 274–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: 1–36
Possible sight-reading
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