Vancouver Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Principal cello
Application deadline
August 20, 2018
Audition date
September 24, 2018
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(Posted on June 8, 2018; last updated almost 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Any one movement of your choice from the Bach cello suites
The complete first movement of any standard concerto
Tutti excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 1–18
  • Mvt. III: 141–218
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 5
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: N–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–B
  • Mvt. IV: 57–109
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1
  • Mvt. VI
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • No. 3: 22 to 4 after 23
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
  • O to 9 after S
  • V to 3 after W
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 to 4 after 3
  • 1 before 46 to 4 after 49
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–34
Solo excerpts
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • Beginning to “Allegro”
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1, Op. 10
  • Mvt. IV: 36–40
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Theme
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 5
Chamber music
Ravel—String Quartet
  • Mvt. I
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