San Francisco Symphony violin audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal second violin
Application deadline
March 11, 2018
Audition date
May 21 through June 19, 2018
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(Posted on January 11, 2018; last updated about 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
  • Mvt. I
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
One of the following Bach movements
Bach—Partita No. 2
  • Sarabande
Bach—Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin, BWV 1005
  • Largo
First violin orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 88–101
  • Mvt. III: 246–end
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 19–20
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 4 before 39
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 15–19
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: 211–242
  • Mvt. III: 628–end
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 26–99
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. IV: beginning to first ending
Schubert—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 11–47
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 15
  • Mvt. IV: 3 before 143 to 146
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: 12 before G to the end
Second violin orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 265–317
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 1–25
Berg—Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
  • Mvt. III: 100–120
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Adagio: 53–64
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture: 16–59
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet
  • Balcony Scene: 52–53
Possible sight-reading
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