Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal violin audition

Audition information
Position
First assistant first violin
Application deadline
January 18, 2019
Audition date
March 1, 2019
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(Posted on January 10, 2019; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a concerto from the Romantic repertoire
A movement from a Bach sonata for solo violin (no partita allowed)
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Double Concerto, Op. 102
  • Mvt. I: A–D
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 19–20
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 20–23
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–98
  • Mvt. II: 1–28
  • Mvt. II: 96–126
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–H
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 14 after C
Orchestral solos
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • No. 42, “Gebt mir meinen Jesum weider”: Chorus II
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 90–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: solos
  • Mvt. IV: Solos
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 22–31
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite (1949 version)
  • Mvt. III: 27–41
Possible sight-reading
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