Cleveland Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal bass
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(Posted on August 4, 2021; last updated over 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A movement of the candidate’s choice from an unaccompanied J. S. Bach cello suite
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
Vanhal—Bass Concerto (C or D major)
Orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Scherzo and Trio
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
Verdi—Otello
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
Sight-reading
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