Baltimore Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal cello
Application deadline
April 6, 2015
Audition date
May 5–8, 2015
Payment
$76,524 per year
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(Posted on March 11, 2015; last updated about 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The prelude and one additional movement from Bach suite No. 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6
One of the following concertos
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
Elgar—Cello Concerto
Haydn—Cello Concerto in D Major
Saint-Saëns—Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
Schumann—Cello Concerto
Shostakovich—Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107
Tchaikovsky—Variations on a Rococo Theme
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 8–75
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II, “Adagio non troppo”
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 7 after 9, top line only
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: C–D
  • Scherzo: N–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 79–80, top part
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 5 before D
  • R–T
  • 12 after V to 3 after W
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • Beginning to 7 after 13
  • 3 before 34 to 35
  • 1 before 46 to 4 after 49
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–28
Orchestral solos
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III
Rossini—William Tell Overture
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1, Op. 10
  • Mvt. IV: 36–40
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Theme
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 5
  • Finale
Chamber music
Dohnányi—Serenade, Op. 10
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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