Eugene Symphony violin audition

Audition information
Position
Concertmaster
Application deadline
September 8, 2017
Audition date
September 23, 2017
Payment
$169.56 per service
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(Posted on August 7, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Two contrasting movements of a Bach solo sonata or partita
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
The first movement — with cadenza — from a standard concerto
Concertmaster solo excerpts
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • “Erbame Dich, mein Gott”
Beethoven—Missa solemnis
  • Sanctus: 110–end
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 1 before E to the end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. I: 14 after C to the end
  • Mvt. III: H–I
  • Mvt. III: K to 22 after K
  • Mvt. IV: opening cadenza
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. I: 14–18
  • Mvt. I: C–D
  • Mvt. I: G–H
  • Mvt. II: 1–5
  • Mvt. III: 4 before L to M
  • Mvt. IV: 8–9
  • Mvt. IV: 29–30
  • Mvt. IV: 7 after Z to the end
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 after 22 to 35
  • 106 to the end
First violin orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 18–66 (B)
  • Mvt. I: 118–156
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–42
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 3 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
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