Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra clarinet audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal clarinet
Application deadline
April 27, 2015
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(Posted on April 8, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Debussy—Première Rhapsodie
Mozart—Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
  • Mvt. I: exposition
  • Mvt. II
E♭ clarinet excerpts
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. V: 63 to 6 after 64
Ravel—Boléro
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 160–164
  • 200–204
  • 214–end
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. III: 1–2
  • Mvt. III: 18–19
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. II: 49–51
  • Mvt. II: 69 to 2 after 70
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. II: 34 to 8 after 38
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 34–end
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 3 before 10 to 12
  • 48–49
  • 56–57
First clarinet excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 81–89
  • Mvt. IV: 297–303
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. I: 473–492
  • Mvt. II: 68–78
  • Mvt. III: 122–133
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 48–78
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 36–46
  • Mvt. II: 1–B
Gershwin—Rhapsody in Blue
  • Beginning–2
Kodály—Dances of Galánta
  • 31–66
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–B
  • Scherzo: D to 2 before G
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
  • 20–21
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. III: 1–47
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. III: 1 before 13 to 2 before 14
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
  • Mvt. II: 1–78
  • Mvt. III: 1–C
Stravinsky—Firebird Suite
  • 7 to 5 after 18
Possible sight-reading
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