The Philadelphia Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Associate concertmaster
Application deadline
March 27, 2020
Audition date
May 27–31, 2020
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(Posted on March 14, 2020; last updated about 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement — including cadenza — of one of the following concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
Also the first movement — including cadenza — of one of the following concertos
Barber—Violin Concerto
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
Brahms—Violin Concerto
Dvořák—Violin Concerto
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich—Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
Stravinsky—Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
Orchestral solos
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: solo
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • All solos
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. III: 11–12
Rachmaninoff—Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
  • Mvt. III: 31–32
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Solos
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • All solos
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: solo
  • Mvt. II: solo
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 22–32
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 6 after 14 for 8 measures
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 4–45
  • Mvt. IV: 1–46
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–69
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 17–31
  • Mvt. I: E–F
  • Mvt. II: 51–55
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 7 after 38
Lutosławski—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II, Capriccio notturno ed Arioso: 1–26
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Adagietto: 1 to 5 before 2
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 26–142
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78
Rachmaninoff—Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
  • Mvt. II: 12 after 46 to 7 after 48
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 3 before 36
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Chamber music
Mozart—Divertimento in E♭ Major, K. 563
  • Mvt. I: beginning to the first double bar
Possible sight-reading
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