Chicago Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
April 10, 2020
Audition date
May 4 through June 8, 2020
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(Posted on March 13, 2020; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement from a Bach cello suite or violin sonata or partita
Solos
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: 72–158
  • Mvt. II: 16–53
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
  • Mvt. I: exposition
One of the following solo movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: first page
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II
Copland—Appalachian Spring Suite
  • 6 to 1 before 14
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 3 after 212 to 1 after 216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19 to 3 after D
Orchestral viola solos
Berlioz—Harold in Italy
  • Mvt. I: 12 before 3 to 10 after 5
Britten—Peter Grimes
  • Passacaglia: 1–1
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 32–39
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. III: beginning–1
Puccini—Manon Lescaut
  • Intermezzo
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 27–35
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 4 to 18
  • 26–28
  • 29–34
For final audition only
Mozart—Divertimento in E♭ Major, K. 563
  • Mvt. I
Sight-reading
Discussion

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