Atlanta Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Principal cello
Application deadline
September 3, 2018
Audition date
February 17–18, 2019
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(Posted on August 9, 2018; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from an unaccompanied Bach suite
One movement from a classical concerto
One movement from a contrasting standard concerto
Orchestral solos
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 1–25
  • Mvt. III: 71–end
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: Variation 2
  • Mvt. IV: Variation 7 through the second ending
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • 1–48, top line only
Strauss—Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
  • No. 9: 84–88
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 122–212
  • 689–end
Orchestral tutti
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III: 1–218
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II, “Adagio non troppo”
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 6 after 9, top part
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 35–36
  • Mvt. III: 7 before 75 to 77
  • Mvt. IV: 79–80, top part
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture: 1–A
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 to 7 after 13
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 21–58
  • Mvt. II: 252–275
Chamber music
Beethoven—String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—String Quartet No. 22 in B♭ Major, K. 589
  • Mvt. II
Possible sight-reading
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