San Antonio Symphony bass audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal bass
Audition date
September 5, 2018
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(Posted on July 12, 2018; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
Vanhal—Bass Concerto
A dance movement from a Bach cello suite
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Mvt. IX: solo
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: solo
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: solo
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • 3 after 15 for 8 measures
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Mvt. VII: solo
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Badinerie
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 114–124
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–107
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 57 to 2 after 58
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 41 to 5 after A
  • Mvt. IV: 26–A
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 114–138
  • Mvt. I: 191–225
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22 to 4 after 26
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9–50
  • 40–41
  • 49–50
  • 51–70
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 4 after B to C
  • Mvt. I: P to 1 after Q
Possible sight-reading
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