Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
November 2, 2018
Audition date
December 13–14, 2018
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(Posted on October 7, 2018; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One prelude from a Bach suite for unaccompanied cello
The first movement — including cadenza — of one of the following concertos
Hoffmeister—Viola Concerto
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
Orchestral solos
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
  • Mvt. I, first viola: beginning–25
Berlioz—Harold in Italy
  • Mvt. I: 12 before 3 to 3 after 4
  • Mvt. I: 20 after 6 to 20 after 7
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 1 before 32 to 36
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 1 before 44 to 3 before 45
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 2 to 3 after 3
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 14 to 5 after 16
  • 26–34
  • 72–74
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 3 after 212 to 216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–79
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture
Possible sight-reading
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