Charlotte Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bass
Application deadline
August 1, 2014
Audition date
October 19–20, 2014
Weeks in season
37
Payment
$1,260 per week
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(Posted on June 3, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Bottesini—Bass Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Koussevitzky—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Vanhal—Bass Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Solo Bach
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
  • Bourée I and II
Orchestral solos
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
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV: Soli
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Double
  • Badinerie
Bach—Violin Concerto in E
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: Recitative to the end
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. IV
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II, “Vivace non troppo”
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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