Handel and Haydn Society bass audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bass
Application deadline
August 31, 2018
Audition date
September 28–29, 2018
Payment
$247.03 per service
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(Posted on June 7, 2018; last updated almost 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from a solo concerto of the candidate’s choice
Excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Overture
  • Badinerie
Bach—St. John Passion
  • No. 13, “Ach mein Sinn”: 1–55
  • No. 24, “Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen”: 1–63
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 114–123
  • Mvt. III: 1–100
  • Mvt. III: 140–160
Handel—Messiah
  • No. 10, Air, “The people that walked in darkness”
Haydn—Symphony No. 8, “Le soir”
  • Mvt. III: 37–82
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 115–138
Chamber music
Cervetto—Trio No. 1 in A Minor
  • Mvt. I, third cello part
  • Mvt. II, third cello part: 1–54
Romberg—Trio in E Minor, Op. 38, No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 1–45
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
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