Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
December 30, 2013
Audition date
January 11, 2014
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$59,404 per year
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(Posted on December 10, 2013; last updated over 11 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of a Bach unaccompanied cello suite or violin sonata or partita
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
Solo
Berlioz—Harold in Italy
  • Mvt. I: beginning of solo until 11 before B
Orchestra solos
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Interlude 4: passacaglia solo
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation No. 5
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: solo
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Solos
Orchestra excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: B–D
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6–14
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: C–D
  • Scherzo: 9 after H to 13 before K
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture: 27–53
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–70
  • Mvt. III: 14–29
  • Mvt. III: 214–251
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 112–124
  • Overture: 152–172
  • Overture: 258–309
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