New York Philharmonic violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin (4 openings)
Application deadline
September 20, 2015
Audition date
October 26 through November 12, 2015
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(Posted on April 8, 2015; last updated about 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of unaccompanied Bach of your choice
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I: exposition
The first movement, with cadenza, of a romantic concerto
First violin orchestral repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78
Brahms—Double Concerto, Op. 102
  • Mvt. I: A–D
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–440
  • Mvt. II: 80–103
  • Mvt. III: 1–63 (C)
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 19–20
  • Mvt. II: 33–39
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 155–231
  • Mvt. IV: 2–72
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 1–110
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–142
  • Mvt. II: 1–60
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78
Schubert—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 11–47
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 9–12
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
  • 2 before R to 4 after U
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: 13 after B to F
Second violin orchestral repertoire
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. II: 23 after 23 to 25
Possible sight-reading
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