Vancouver Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
February 3, 2020
Audition date
March 9–10, 2020
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(Posted on January 16, 2020; last updated over 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from one of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
One movement from a Bach cello suite or violin sonata or partita
Orchestral solos
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
  • Mvt. I, first viola: beginning–25
Berlioz—Harold in Italy
  • Mvt. I: 12 before 3 to 3 after 4
  • Mvt. I: 20 after 6 to 20 after 7
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • 1 after 7 to 10
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 2–4
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 14 to 18
  • 26 to 3 before 28
  • 29–34
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–107
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. IV: “Molto adagio subito”–“Stets sehr gehalten”
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–G
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Chamber music
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: exposition and cadenza
Ravel—String Quartet
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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