Seattle Symphony Orchestra flute audition

Audition information
Position
Principal flute
Application deadline
April 20, 2015
Audition date
June 6–9, 2015
Weeks in season
47
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(Posted on April 9, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solos
Mozart—Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
  • Mvt. II without cadenza
Mozart—Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
  • Mvt. II without cadenza
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • No. 58, “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben”, opening to 6 after A
Beethoven—Leonore Overture No. 3
  • 1–36
  • 328–360
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: 172–200
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 38–46
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 89–105
Gluck—Orpheus
  • Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mvt. III: 5 before C to the end
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 12 before P to the end
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. IV
  • Mvt. II: B–C
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 155–156
  • 174–188
Saint-Saëns—Carnival of the Animals
  • Mvt. X, Volière
Strauss—Salome
  • Dance of the Seven Veils: 2 before D through 3 after H
Stravinsky—Firebird Suite (1919)
  • Variation de l’oiseau de feu
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • Opening to 3
  • 60–61
Sight-reading
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