Utah Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
November 24, 2017
Audition date
January 7–8, 2018
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(Posted on October 19, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
Dittersdorf—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
Hoffmeister—Bass Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
Vanhal—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
One movement from any J. S. Bach suite for solo cello
Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 431–441
  • Mvt. IV: 454–525
  • Mvt. IV: 765–777
  • Mvt. IV: 795–810
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1–78
  • Mvt. III: beginning of Trio to 23 after B
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: E to 1 after the second ending
  • Mvt. II: 8 after B to 2 before C
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 237–298
  • Mvt. IV: 34–52
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: pickup to 115 to 134
  • Mvt. IV: 22 before A to A
  • Mvt. IV: 8 after E to 20 after E
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 5 before 50 to 8 after 50
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22 to 4 after 26
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 76–90
  • 345–352
  • 51 to 1 after 53
  • 55 to 1 after 63
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