New Century Chamber Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Principal cello
Application deadline
January 4, 2019
Audition date
February 2–3, 2019
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(Posted on December 14, 2018; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One dance movement (not a prelude) of your choice from the six Bach suites for unaccompanied cello
The entire first or third movement of any standard-repertoire cello concerto
Excerpts
Brahms—String Sextet No. 1 in B♭, Op. 18
  • Mvt. IV, first cello
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: pickup to 115 to 138
  • Mvt. IV: 49–70
  • Mvt. IV: 229–246
Schoenberg—Verklärte Nacht
  • First cello part: 294–344
Schubert—String Quintet in C, D. 596
  • Mvt. I, first cello part
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture, first cello: 1–A
Tchaikovsky—Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
  • Mvt. I
  • Elegie
Possible sight-reading
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