Delaware Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
January 16, 2023
Audition date
February 27, 2023
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(Posted on December 28, 2022; last updated almost 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The prelude from one of the J.S. Bach cello suites
Solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: 72–158
  • Mvt. II: 16–53
Orchestral solos
Berlioz—Harold in Italy
  • Mvt. I: 12 before 3 to the second ending
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 1 before 44 to 4 after 44
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 2 to 5 before 4
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 14 to 18
  • 26 to 3 before 28
  • 29–34
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 23–37
  • Mvt. II: 49–60
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: 1–A
  • Mvt. III: 125–139
  • Mvt. III: H–I
  • Mvt. IV: 41–80
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 51–83
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6–10
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Nielsen—Symphony No. 5
  • 1 after 27 to 9 after 30
  • 4 before 52 to 59
  • 64 to 11 after 66
  • 93–96
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
  • 1 before 94 to 2 after 97
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 15–88
Chamber music excerpts (to be played alone. May be asked in any round)
Simon—loop
  • 1–17
  • 52–71
Possible sight-reading
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