New Jersey Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bass
Application deadline
January 18, 2019
Audition date
March 3–6, 2019
Weeks in season
29
Payment
$1,361.26 per week
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(Posted on December 18, 2018; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Bach solo
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
  • Bourée I and II
One of the following concerto movements
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Vanhal—Bass Concerto in C Major
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
  • Vivo
Orchestra tutti repertoire
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Double
  • Badinerie (no repeat)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: Recitatives
  • Mvt. IV: “Ode to Joy” to A
  • Mvt. IV: K–M
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 54–66
  • Mvt. I: 118–155
  • Mvt. I: 382–423
  • Mvt. IV: 244–279
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 15 after 1
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 114–138
  • Mvt. I: 191–225
  • Mvt. IV: 49–70
  • Mvt. IV: 153–205
  • Mvt. IV: 229–406
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9–13
  • 40–41
  • 51–56
  • 77–78
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 4 after B to C
  • Mvt. IV: 8 before H to 12 after H
Chamber music
Rossini—Duet for Cello and Bass
  • Mvt. III
Possible sight-reading
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