Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Second bassoon
Application deadline
January 31, 2022
Audition date
March 28 through May 3, 2022
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$98,303.88 per year
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(Posted on January 28, 2022; last updated over 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: 1–71
Second bassoon orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 8–24
  • Mvt. II: 164–180
  • Mvt. V: 148–161
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 15–25
  • Mvt. IV: 184–191
  • Mvt. IV: 350–end
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 52–53
  • Mvt. V: 86–101
  • Mvt. V: 71–277
  • Mvt. V: 333–350
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 60 to the first ending
  • Mvt. IV: 1–17
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–30
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture, bassoon 1: 139–171
Nielsen—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 5–22
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. III: 14–16, first and second bassoon
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. I: 8–9
Sibelius—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 11 after A to 15 before B
  • Mvt. II: A to 3 before B
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. III: 79–86
  • Mvt. IV: 1–36
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 1–16
First bassoon excerpts
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 274–290
Possible sight-reading
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