Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Principal cello
Application deadline
May 27, 2015
Audition date
July 6–7, 2014
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(Posted on May 28, 2014; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following Haydn concertos
Haydn—Cello Concerto in C Major
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Haydn—Cello Concerto in D Major
  • Mvt. I: exposition
One of the following concerto movements
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Saint-Saëns—Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
  • Mvt. I
Schumann—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Two contrasting movements from a Bach cello suite
Orchestral solo excerpts
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Solo
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Theme, 4 before 13 to 14
  • Variation 1: 6 after 16 to 6 after 21
  • Variation 5: 8 after 47 to 52
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
  • No. 4 Scene: solo
Orchestral tutti excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 140–218
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: Trio
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–15
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–16
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 6 after 9
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 25–51
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture: 1 to 5 after A
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
  • R to 3 after W
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • Beginning to 7 after 13
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 21–A
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–28
Possible sight-reading
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