National Philharmonic (United States) bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Section bassoon
Application deadline
January 5, 2015
Audition date
January 29–30, 2015
Weeks in season
7
Payment
$620 per week
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(Posted on November 6, 2014; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I
First bassoon excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
  • Overture: 27–77
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 139–171
Ravel—Boléro
  • Bassoon 1 solo
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 37–72
Second bassoon excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 8–25
  • Mvt. II: 165–181
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV, bassoon 2 part: 52–53
  • Mvt. V: 9 after 63 to 4 after 64
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 60–72
  • Mvt. I: 161–178
  • Mvt. IV: beginning–A
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. III: 5 after 14 to 16
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation IX: 5 after 64 to 66
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: 1–36
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 1–16
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