Houston Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bass
Application deadline
June 2, 2014
Audition date
September 15–18, 2014
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(Posted on May 30, 2014; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Two contrasting movements from any Bach cello suite, in the original or transcribed key
The first movement from a standard-repertoire concerto of the candidate’s choice, with cadenzas if applicable
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: variation 7 solo
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: bass solo
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. II, romanza: solo only
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
  • Vivo: solo
Orchestral repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. III
Haydn—Symphony No. 88
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Ravel—Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
  • First two pages
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Chamber music
Dvořák—String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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