Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Second bassoon
Audition date
May 24, 2017
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(Posted on April 14, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: exposition
  • Mvt. II: exposition
Second bassoon orchestral repertoire
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. III: 1 before 41 to 42
  • Mvt. IV: 52–53
  • Mvt. V: 8 after 63 to 4 after 64
Bizet—Carmen
  • Prelude to Act II
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 2 before D to 83
  • Mvt. IV: beginning–A
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. II
Mozart—Symphony No. 36, “Linz”, K. 425
  • Mvt. I: E–241
Sibelius—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: A to 4 before B
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 8 to 1 before 10
  • 5 after 64 to 4 before 66
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: Y–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: 2 to 3 before B
First bassoon orchestral repertoire
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II
Contrabassoon repertoire
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Chorale
  • Variation VI
  • Finale: 435–end
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt II
Possible sight-reading
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