Houston Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal bass
Application deadline
July 23, 2018
Audition date
September 22–30, 2018
Weeks in season
52
Payment
$1,870 per week
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(Posted on June 7, 2018; last updated almost 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements (with cadenza)
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Dittersdorf—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Vanhal—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral tutti excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Badinerie
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 93–112
  • Mvt. I: 184–219
  • Mvt. I: 277–299
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–107
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. I: second ending to 5 after 9
  • Mvt. V: pickup to 2 after 70 to 6 after 73
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 118–155
  • Mvt. IV: 244–279
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 46–60
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H
Dutilleux—The Shadows of Time
  • 37–41
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 230–264
  • Mvt. III: the second beat of 504 to 579
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 13–48
  • Mvt. IV: 134–215
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: 1 to 3 after A
  • Mvt. III: B to 3 after D
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22 to 4 after 26
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 5 after 12
  • 40–41
  • 51–65
  • 77–78
Chamber music
Dvořák—String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral solo excerpts
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: variation 7
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: solo
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. II: solo
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