Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (2 openings)
Audition date
June 3–4, 2017
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(Posted on April 14, 2017; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
  • Mvt. I: exposition
One of the following concerto excerpts
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I: first three pages
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I: first three pages
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 5 after 8
Orchestral excerpts
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 1–4
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 41–80
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 8
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: C–L
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé
  • 158–166
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–66
Possible sight-reading
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