National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada) bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bassoon
Application deadline
December 15, 2021
Audition date
January 17 through February 23, 2022
Weeks in season
46
Payment
$2,018 per week
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(Posted on November 7, 2021; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
  • Mvt. II with cadenza
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
  • Mvt. I: 20–32
  • Mvt. I: 52–67
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt IV: 184–187
  • Mvt. IV: 300–302
  • Mvt. IV: 348–355
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 20–30
  • Mvt. III: 134–158
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 49–63
  • Mvt. V: 47–64
  • Mvt. V: 447–467
Haydn—Symphony No. 88
  • Mvt. I: 25–40
  • Mvt. I: 89–102
  • Mvt. I: 140–151
  • Mvt. I: 165–171
  • Mvt. IV: 1–8
  • Mvt. IV: 74–78
  • Mvt. IV: 123–136
Morlock—My Name is Amanda Todd
  • 53–60
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 1–24
  • Overture: 101–123
  • Overture: 139–171
  • Overture: 214–236
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. II: 7–11
  • Mvt. IV: 19–35
  • Mvt. IV: 65–73
  • Mvt. IV: 154–172
  • Mvt. IV: 350–353
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
  • 1 before 15 to 3 after 16
Ravel—Boléro
  • Opening solo
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. III: 4 after 14 to 16
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 1–A
  • Mvt. II: L–M
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
  • Mvt. IV
  • Mvt. V: 1–A
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Toccata: 1 before 69 to 5 after 70
  • Gavotta: variation 2A
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 1 to 2 after 3
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 274–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 320–332
  • Mvt. II: 71–86
  • Mvt. III: 16–27
  • Mvt. III: 37–72
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 1–12
  • Mvt. IV: 4–36
Possible sight-reading
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