Boston Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Section cello (3 openings)
Application deadline
December 5, 2022
Audition date
February 6–7, 2023
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(Posted on November 21, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Schubert—Arpeggione Sonata
  • Mvt. I
Schumann—Cello Concerto
Orchestra passages
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 292–317
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II: 1–A
  • Mvt. IV: 1–92
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–39
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–15
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I: 1–24
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 6 after 9, top part
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 7 after 5 to 1 before 6
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: C–D
  • Scherzo: N–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 94–157
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: T to 9 after T
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1–49
  • 1 before 46 to 5 after 49
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 1 before C
  • R–T
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 5 after 15 to 8 after 17
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 21–A
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. II: 1–16
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–28
Wagner—Tristan and Isolde
  • Prelude: 17–32
  • Prelude: 55–77
Sight-reading
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