Virginia Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Core bass
Application deadline
April 2, 2018
Audition date
April 16, 2018
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$30,470.56 per service
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(Posted on March 7, 2018; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from a Bach cello suite and one movement from a standard concerto
Excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Double
  • Badinerie
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: Recitatives
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: E–F
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. IV: 33–A
  • Mvt. IV: 11 after C to 25 after C
  • Mvt. IV: 12 before E to E
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 114–138
  • Mvt. IV: 29–54
  • Mvt. IV: 213–230
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1–5
  • A to 4 after B
  • C to 6 before D
  • F to 3 before G
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 6 after 12
  • 40–41
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