York Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bass
Application deadline
June 1, 2018
Audition date
June 8, 2018
Payment
$82.95 per service
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(Posted on April 5, 2018; last updated about 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from a solo cello suite by J. S. Bach or the exposition of the first movement from a standard double bass concerto
Excerpts
Bach—Magnificat, BWV 243
  • No. 2, “Et Exultavit”: continuo part
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: C to 10 after C
  • Mvt. III: 1–218
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 1 to 2 after 2
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–B
Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Mvt. VI, “Samuel Goldenburg and Schmuÿle”: 1–58
Principal candidate excerpts
Milhaud—La création du monde
  • Bass solo 1 before 11
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. II: 1–16
Possible sight-reading
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