Columbus Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Concertmaster
Application deadline
August 15, 2015
Audition date
September 28–29, 2015
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(Posted on May 2, 2015; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
The first movement (with cadenza) of a major concerto of your choice
Orchestral solos
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • “Erbame Dich, mein Gott”: solo in first orchestra part (Bahrenreiter)
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II
Britten—Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
  • Mvt. VI, “Bourée classique”
Mozart—Serenade No. 7, K. 250, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Rachmaninoff—Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
  • Mvt. II
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. IV, “Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête”
  • Mvt. V, “Le jardin féerique”
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: Solo beginning at 111
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Strauss—Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
  • Mvt. IV, “Entry and Dance of the Tailors”
Stravinsky—L’historie du soldat
  • Petite Concert
  • Trois Dances
  • Danse de Diable
  • Marche Triomphale du Diable
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
  • Mvt. IV (Scene)
Orchestral repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–53
  • Mvt. I: 145–218
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
  • Mvt. IV: first page
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 2 before 6
  • Mvt. IV: 1 before 15 to 19
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Overture
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV
Schubert—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 1–60
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