Audition information

Position
Tutti cello
Application deadline
May 6, 2013
Audition date
May 23, 2013
Payment
$95 per service
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(Posted on April 14, 2013; last updated over 8 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
One movement from a concerto of candidate’s choice
One movement of any Bach solo suite
Excerpts
BeethovenSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: opening theme
  • Mvt. II: 16th note variation
  • Mvt. II: first 32nd note variation
  • Mvt. III: 1–71
  • Mvt. III: Trio
BrahmsSymphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 1–8
  • Mvt. I: 21–29
  • Mvt. I: 40–68
  • Mvt. I: 321–341
DebussyLa Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 6 after 9
DukasThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 10 after 26 to 7 after 28
  • 9 before 34 through 2 before 36
  • 3 before 47 through 48
MendelssohnSymphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 25–52
  • Mvt. I: celli solo melody in recapitulation
  • Mvt. IV: 34–52
  • Mvt. IV: 43 from the end through 35 from the end
ShostakovichSymphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 4 before 19 through 22
  • Mvt. I: 32 through 3 after 38
StraussDon Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning–B
  • C to 5 before D
  • RT
  • Tempo I after V through 3rd bar of W
TchaikovskySymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: theme in 9/8 for 9 bars
  • “Moderato assai, quasi Andante” before F to F
  • Mvt. I: M to 11 after N
  • Mvt. II: theme, celli soli through 16 after A
VerdiRequiem
  • Offertorio: 1–34
Possible sight-reading
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