Cleveland Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
July 1, 2015
Audition date
September 21, 2015
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(Posted on June 6, 2015; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The following solo
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
The first movement of a solo Bach cello suite of your choice
One of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II
Berlioz—Harold in Italy
  • Mvt. I
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Britten—Peter Grimes
  • Passacaglia
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. III
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. II
Strauss—Arabella
  • Act I: solo at end
Strauss—Don Quixote
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I
Sight-reading
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