Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal bass
Application deadline
November 25, 2017
Audition date
December 9, 2017
Payment
$56,246.80 per year
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(Posted on September 26, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of a Bach suite for cello
The first movement of a standard bass concerto
Excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Badinerie (no repeat)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1–100
  • Mvt. III: 140–218 (23 after B)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–116
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. V: 3 after 70 to 9 after 74
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: E–F
  • Mvt. IV: 8 before L to M
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 13–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 6 after 12
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV: Soli
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • 15–16
Possible sight-reading
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