San Antonio Symphony bass audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bass
Application deadline
May 1, 2013
Audition date
June 3–4, 2013
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(Posted on April 17, 2013; last updated over 11 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
First movement of any standard bass concerto, exposition only
One dance movement from any of the Bach cello suites (no repeats)
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation XI
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Vivo
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: beginning–100 (4 after A)
  • Mvt. III: pickup to 141 to 23 after B (218)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: Recitative
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: E–F
  • Mvt. IV: 24 after K to M (244–279)
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 16 after A (1–48)
  • Mvt. IV: 10 after D to E (134–181)
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9–11
  • 51 to 3 after 65
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