West Virginia Symphony Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Third/contra bassoon
Application deadline
February 28, 2020
Audition date
April 19, 2020
Payment
$129.38 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
Contrabassoon excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 663–671
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 1–46
  • Mvt. IV: 80–91
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: E–F
  • Mvt. IV: C to 4 after C
  • Mvt. IV: D to 4 after E
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt IV: 2–6
Ravel—Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
  • Beginning to 3 after 1
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt II: 65–69
Strauss—Death and Transfiguration
  • D–F
Strauss—Salome
  • 151–154
Possible sight-reading
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