West Virginia Symphony Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Second bassoon
Application deadline
February 28, 2020
Audition date
April 19, 2020
Payment
$112.50 per service
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(Posted on December 21, 2019; last updated over 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: exposition
  • Mvt. II: exposition
First bassoon excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 21–25
  • Mvt. IV: 184–188
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 52–53
  • Mvt. V: 7 after 63 to 5 before 65
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 101–123
  • Overture: 139–172
  • Overture: 214–220
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. III, both bassoon parts: 4 after 14 to 16
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 1–A
  • Mvt. II: L–M
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 1–12
  • Mvt. IV: 1–36
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: last 31 bars
Second bassoon excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 8–24
  • Mvt. II: 164–180
  • Mvt. V: 148–161
  • Mvt. V: 356–372
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 1–16
Possible sight-reading
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