The Philadelphia Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal bass
Application deadline
October 20, 2021
Audition date
December 1–10, 2021
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(Posted on October 7, 2021; last updated over 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Two contrasting movements from any J.S. Bach Cello Suite of the candidate’s choosing in original or transcribed key
One of the following concertos (with cadenzas)
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Tubin—Double Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Vanhal—Bass Concerto in D Major
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—Violin Concerto in E
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • 3 after 35 to 2 after 55
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 14–23
  • Mvt. I: 98–112
  • Mvt. I: 277–299
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–166
  • Mvt. IV: 294–318
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 114–125
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 118–155
  • Mvt. I: 280–289
  • Mvt. IV: 244–279
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H and Fugue: H–L
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 43 to 1 after 47
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 41–90
  • Mvt. I: 265–287
  • Mvt. IV: 33–52
  • Mvt. IV: 166–179
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 114–134
  • Mvt. I: 191–225
  • Mvt. IV: 48–70
  • Mvt. IV: 229–246
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 40–97
  • Mvt. IV: 105–137
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 42–end
Salonen—Stockholm Diary
  • 188–217
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: 1–65
  • Mvt. III: B to 7 after C
Sibelius—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1 to 11 before A
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 1 after 11
  • 40–41
  • 51–70
  • 77–78
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI: 65 to 3 after 67
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: variation 7
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 3 after 1 to 2 after 2
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Mvt. VII
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