Chicago Symphony Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bassoon
Application deadline
July 20, 2015
Audition date
January 12, 2015
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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
One of the following works
Elgar—Romance for Bassoon, Op. 62
Strauss—Duett-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon
Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV
  • Mvt. V
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture
Mozart—Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: solo and cadenzas
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 1–13
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Gavotte
  • Variation IIa
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Verdi—Aida
  • Act III: 1 after N to 26 after N
Verdi—Requiem
  • Dies Irae: 271–312
Sight-reading
Discussion

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