Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section first violin
Application deadline
July 10, 2014
Audition date
September 28 through November 3, 2014
Payment
$84,365 per year
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(Posted on June 9, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concertos
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
Dvořák—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development (no cadenza)
Paganini—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development (with both cadenzas)
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development (no cadenza)
Wieniawski—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
One of the following Mozart concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I: exposition
First violin excerpts
Adams—Doctor Atomic Symphony
  • Mvt. I: 66–113
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–110
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: 211–13
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 1–110
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
Schubert—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: “Allegro Vivace” to 64
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 361–end
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: last 49 measures, top line
Chamber music excerpts
Brahms—String Quartet in B♭ major, Op. 67
  • Mvt. II: 1–26, first violin
Haydn—String Quartet No. 61 in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–55, first violin
Ravel—String Quartet
  • Mvt. I, second violin
Possible sight-reading
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