Baltimore Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Associate concertmaster
Application deadline
November 22, 2017
Audition date
January 11–16, 2018
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(Posted on November 9, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following Mozart concertos
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
One of the following concerto movements
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Dvořák—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Orchestral solos
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • First orchestral solo, No. 39
Beethoven—Missa solemnis
  • Sanctus: solo, start from 110
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 90–end (solo at E)
Dvořák—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. II: D–64
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • All solos
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. II: 57–59
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • All solos
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake
  • Act II, Scene 13, V: White Swan solo
Orchestral repertoire, excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II: 21–77
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
  • Mvt. III: 1–44
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–14
  • Mvt. IV: 1–41
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • First page
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. II: 5 after 54 to 56
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Possible sight-reading
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