Audition information

Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
May 1, 2013
Audition date
June 9–11, 2013
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(Posted on April 13, 2013; last updated almost 11 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
One movement of an unaccompanied Bach composition
The first movement from one of the following
BartókViola Concerto
HindemithDer Schwanendreher
WaltonViola Concerto
Concerto excerpts
MozartSinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. II: 16–25
  • Mvt. III: 96–156
  • Mvt. I: 72–157
Orchestral solos
BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 6
  • Mvt. I, first viola: beginning–25
BerliozHarold in Italy
  • Mvt. I: 12 before 3 to 3 after 4
  • Mvt. I: 20 after 6 to 20 before 7
KodályHáry János Suite
  • Solo
RavelMa mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 2 to 3 after 3
StraussDon Quixote
  • 4th bar of 14 to 1 before 18
  • 26 to 3 before 28
  • Second bar of 29 to 34
Orchestral tutti repertoire
BeethovenSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 98–105
BrahmsSymphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 18–26
  • Mvt. I: 114–138
  • Mvt. I: 302–317
  • Mvt. I: upbeat to 424 to 441
  • Mvt. III: 33–83
  • Mvt. IV: 78–106
  • Mvt. IV: 155–206
MahlerSymphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 1–16
  • Mvt. I: upbeat to 103 to 111
MendelssohnA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–93
MozartSymphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
ShostakovichSymphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: second bar of 15 to 17
StraussDon Juan, Op. 20
  • 1–9
  • Upbeat to 2 before A to B
  • C to 4 before D
TchaikovskySymphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–38
  • Mvt. I: 50–62
Chamber music repertoire
BrahmsString Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
  • Adagio (Mvt. II), first viola part
MozartString Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonance”
  • Mvt. I: 1–107
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