Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass (2 openings)
Application deadline
February 15, 2019
Audition date
April 1 through May 6, 2019
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$93,569.15 per year
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(Posted on December 18, 2018; last updated almost 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following Bach solos
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
  • Bourée I and II
  • Allemande
One of the following concertos
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Vanhal—Bass Concerto in D Major
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI: 65–end
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: 1–128
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. II: 24–end
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite (1949 version)
  • Mvt. VII: Solo part
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Badinerie
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1–100
  • Mvt. III: 141–218
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 8–29
  • Mvt. IV: 38–47
  • Mvt. IV: 56–75
  • Mvt. IV: 81–107
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 17–48
  • Mvt. IV: 131–153
  • Mvt. V: 241–305
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. IV: 244–279
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–39
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 13–48
  • Mvt. I: 59–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: 1–31
  • Mvt. III: 105–151
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 2 after 11
  • 40 to 9 after 40
  • 51 to 1 after 53
  • 55 to 1 after 56
  • 57 to 7 after 57
  • 3 after 58 to 2 after 59
  • 3 after 60 to 2 after 63
  • 77 to 8 after 77
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV: U to 7 after X
Possible sight-reading
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