Audition information

Position
Principal cello
Application deadline
February 14, 2022
Audition date
February 28, 2022
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(Posted on November 5, 2021; last updated over 2 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
A prelude from a J. S. Bach cello suite of your choice
The exposition of a concerto of your choice
Orchestral excerpts
BeethovenSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. II: 114–123
BeethovenSymphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 45–78 (take the second ending)
BeethovenSymphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II: 17–57
  • Mvt. IV: opening to 90 (Recitative)
BrahmsPiano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 1–8
  • Mvt. III: 71–85
BrahmsSymphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–15
DebussyLa Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 6 after 9
MendelssohnA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: CD
  • Scherzo: NO
MozartSymphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 1–A
  • Mvt. IV: 134–142
ProkofievSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 910
  • Mvt. IV: 79 to 1 before 80
ProkofievRomeo and Juliet
  • 62 to 1 before 64
RossiniWilliam Tell Overture
  • 1–48
StraussDon Quixote
  • Theme, 4 before 13 to 13 after 13
  • Variation 5
  • 6 after 76 to the end
StraussEin Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 to 4 after 2
  • 12 to 6 after 13
  • 4 before 46 to 4 after 49
TchaikovskySymphony No. 6
  • Mvt. II: 1–16 (take the second ending)
VerdiRequiem
  • Offertorio: 1–28
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