Sarasota Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Principal cello
Application deadline
August 18, 2014
Audition date
September 5–6, 2014
Payment
$50,799 per year
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(Posted on August 2, 2014; last updated about 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of solo Bach of the candidate’s choice
The first movement of a Romantic or 20th century concerto of the candidate’s choice
Solo orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: D–end
Puccini—Tosca
  • Act III solo
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • 1–48
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Theme
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 5
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 1–18
  • Mvt. III: 140–177
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–16
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 7 after 9
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: N–O
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 25–90
  • Mvt. I: 257–330
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 1–37
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–28
Chamber music
Brahms—String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—String Quartet in B♭ major, K 589
  • Mvt. II
Possible sight-reading
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