Stephen Drake's Audition
Lists for Orchestral Cello Jobs

These lists were originally developed by cellist Stephen Drake, who has graciously given permission to Cello Heaven to publish here. Some are repertoire lists for section positions, and some are for principal or solo positions.

The lists are provided for informational purposes only. They do not mean that there are jobs available at these orchestras.

These audition requirements will change as the years go by. If you have more recent information, or information about another orchestra, anywhere in the world, please email it to Cello Heaven, so I can update this web page. So far all of the lists here are of American or Canadian orchestras.

• Atlanta Symphony
• Baltimore Symphony
• Boston Symphony
• Buffalo Philharmonic, Associate Principal
• Charleston Symphony
• Chicago Symphony
• Columbus Symphony
• Denver Symphony
• Detroit Symphony
• Edmonton Symphony, Canada
• Florida Philharmonic
• Grand Rapids Symphony
• Greenville Symphony (South Carolina)
• Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
• Houston Symphony
• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Metropolitan Opera
• Milwaukee Symphony-Principal
• Milwaukee Symphony-Section
• Minnesota Orchestra
• Nashville Symphony, principal
• National Symphony, principal
• New Jersey Symphony
• New York Philharmonic
• Omaha Symphony, principal
• Phoenix Symphony
• Philadelphia Orchestra
• Richmond Symphony/Sinfonia
• Saint Louis Symphony
• Savannah Symphony, principal
• Shreveport Symphony
• Virginia Symphony

Solos

1. A major cello concerto
2. a movement from a Bach unaccompanied suite

Orchestral Works

1. Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin: Suite
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Op. 67
3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Op. 93 (3rd movement)
4. Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Op. 73
5. Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (1st & 4th movements)
6. Debussy: La Mer (1 before figure 9, all parts)
7. Mahler: Symphony No. 5
8. Mozart: Symphony No. 35
9. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Op. 100
10. Smetana: Overture to Bartered Bride
11. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
12. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (beginning to 13)
13. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Selected Sight Reading

Note: In the preliminary round, only the concerto and the Bach were heard, and 2 excerpts from Beethoven 5th, 2nd mvt; the trio from Beethoven 8, and part of the 4th mvt of Mozart 35.

Solos

Bach-Sarabande and Gigue from Suite #3, C Major

First movement of one of the following works (applicant's choice)

• Boccherini-B Flat Major Concerto
• Bloch-Schelomo
• Dvorak-Cello Concerto
• Elgar-Cello Concerto
• Haydn-D Major or C Major Concerto
• Prokoviev-Sinfonia Concertante, pous 125
• Schumann-Cello Concerto
• Shostakovich-Cello Concerto No. 1
• Walton-Cello Concerto

Orchestra Excerpts

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, slow movement and Scherzo
• Brahms: Symphony No. 2, second movement, Adagio, Opening to Letter B (measure 33)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 4, first movement, beginning to end of measure 51 and pickup to #7 to #8 (measures 91-102); third movement, beginning to second measure of #1 (measures 1-26); #4 to #5 (measures 107-137); third beat of measure 220 to downbeat of measure 238
• Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (Haffner), last movement, beginning to measure 54; measure 134 to downbeat of measure 197
• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, last movement, #79 to #80; 2 measure before #88 to 6 measures after #88; 6 measures after #91 to end of measure 2 before #92; #93 to downbeat 5 measures before #95; 3 measures before #106 to 1 measure before #107
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, first movement, #32 to end of the measure, 6 before #39; third (slow) movement, #89 to #93
• Strauss: Don Juan, opening to letter C
• Verdi: Requiem, no. 3, offertorio, beginning to end of measure 46
• Possible sightreading

Required Solos (need not be memorized):

Schubert: "Arpeggione" Sonata - 1st movement up to recapitulation (no repeat)
Bach: 4th Suite in Eb - Courante (without repeats)

Cello Orchestra Passages from:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Brahms: Symphony #2
Brahms: Symphony #3
Debussy: La Mer
Mozart: Symphony #41
Strauss: Don Juan
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan & Isolde"

Sightreading

(At auditions you may use your own music or the music provided by the BSO, but you should be prepared to use BSO parts if requested.)

The Auditions Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards at these auditions.

Associate Principal Cello Audition (1999)

A. SOLOS
Exposition of first movement of standard concerto of candidate's choice.
One movement of a Bach cello suite of candidate's choice

B. EXCERPTS

• Beethoven Symphony # 5, movement II, A: mm. 1-10; B: mm. 49-57; C: mm. 98-106; movement III, D: mm 1-177
• Beethoven Symphony #9, movement IV: recitatives through m. 90
• Brahms, Concerto #2 for Piano and Orchestra, movement II, complete solo material
• Brahms, Symphony #2, movement II, measures 1-15; Symphony #3, movement III, measures 1-39
• Debusy, La Mer, movement I: 2 measures before 9 through 6th measure of 9 (top line)
• Mendelssohn, Ein Sommernachstraum (A Midsummer's Night Dream, Intermezzo, complete
• Mozart, Symphony #35, movement IV, A: mm. 1-37; B: mm. 134-264
• Rossini, Overture from William Tell, mm. 1- 48, top line
• Strauss, Don Juan, complete
• Suppe, Morning, Noon and Night Overture, Opening solo
• Suppe, Poet and Peasant Overture, Opening solo
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony #6, movement II: mm 1-32 (with repeat)
• Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite, movement IV: 3 measures before 6 through 3 before the end
• Verdi, Requiem, movement III: mm. 1-28

SOLO:

• First movement of a Concerto of your choice
• One movement from a solo Cello Suite by J. S. Bach

ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE (tutti parts only)

• Beethoven, Symphony #5, opus 67, 2nd movement, beginning to m. 10, m. 49-59, m. 98-106; 3rd movement, beginning to m. 18, m. 52-74, m. 140-218
• Beethoven, Symphony #8, opus 93, 3rd movement, trio
• Brahms, Symphony #2, opus 73, 2nd movement, beginning to m. 16
• Straus, Don Juan, opus 20, 7 before G to H, 11 after V to 4 after W
• Mozart, Symphony #35, k. 385, 4th movement, m. 134-181
• Prokofiev, Symphony #5, opus 100, 2nd movement 35-36, 4th movement #79 to #80 (top line)
• Debussy, La Mer, 2 before #9 to 6 after #9 (top line)

YOU MAY BE ASKED TO SIGHT READ

Solo work:
A. The first movement of the Dvorak Cello concerto in B minor.
B. The first movement of the Concerto in D major by Haydn.

Excerpts required for each player:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd and 3rd movements
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, 2nd movement
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn, var. I & V
Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream
Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute
Strauss: Don Juan
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Nos. 3-5 and 13-20
Wagner: Overture to Tannhauser, letter E to letter F (letter I to letter K in the Kalmus edition)

Sight-reading: Excerpts from the standard repertoire to be determined at the audition.

Bach - A solo suite of the applicant's choice - two contrasting movements (no repeats)

First movement (with cadenza, if applicable) of one of the following concerti: Dvorak, Elgar, Haydn C or D, Lalo, Saint-Saens, Schumann, or Tchaikovsky - Rocco [sic] Variations (complete)

Beethoven:

Sight reading may be required.

Other excerpts from the standard orchestral repertoire may be asked of the finalists.

Be prepared to play from CSO parts if requested.

All auditions are on a solo playing basis - no accompaniments are necessary.

Solos:

Haydn: Concerto in D Major, 1st Movement until recapitulation.
First movement of a concerto or a concerto piece of the applicant's choice.

Orchestral Excerpts:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Andante con Moto (exclude use of the A string except in forte)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Trio of Allegretto movement; Pizzicato of Finale
Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Opening to No. 2, 9 - 13, 28 - 33, 46 - 50, 68 - 71.
Verdi: Offertorio from Requiem
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, 1st movement, Moderato Assai before F to F, M - Q; 2nd movement, Theme
Beethoven: Eroica Symphony, Finale - Bar 44 until A; Presto to end

Solo Orchestral Repertoire:

Beethoven: Prometheus, Act 2, #5 (as in International excerpts)
Haydn: Symphony No. 31 in D (Horn Signal), 2nd and 4th movements
Suppe: Overture to Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 2, #9 Aria with Cello in D Flat
Brahms: Piano Concerto #2, Solo
Puccini: Tosca, Act 3 - famous cello solo
Strauss: Don Quixote: Theme, Variation 1, Variation 5 Solo Cello

Solos:
1. Movement of a standard concerto of your choice
2. movement of a Bach suite

Orchestral Excerpts: (excerpts enclosed!)

Beethoven: Symphony #5 in C minor

There will be sightreading.

Complete concerto of your choice from the standard repertoire (all movements). (An accompanist will be provided during all rounds.)

All of the following excerpts:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ("Choral"): Recitative
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, K. 492
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543
Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20 (critical edition)
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Verdi Messa da Requiem: Offertorium

Sightreading

Solo Repertoire:
1. First movement of major concerto (no accompaniment).
2. Prelude of any Bach Suite.

Orchestral Excerpts
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Fugue from last movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, second and third movements
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, third movement Trio
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, second movement (measures 1 to 16)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, first movement (measures 187 - 202) and third movement (measures 1-16)
Debussy La Mer, two measures before reh. no. 9 for 9 measures
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer's Night Dream, Scherzo
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, first movement (measures 25 - 85, 260 - 287)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, first and fourth movements
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, second movement (reh. no. 55 to 56) and fourth movement (reh. no. 79 to 80)
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, beginning through seven measures after reh. no. 13
Strauss: Don Juan, all
Verdi: Requiem, Offertorio, first page

One movement (applicant's choice) from a major concerto or a major solo work (no sonatas)

Orchestral repertoire:

Beethoven: Symphony no. 5

Orchestral Solos:

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Haydn: Symphony No. 31
Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overture

Note: I was a candidate at the most recent audition, 6/7/97. I didn't make the finals. What they asked for in the preliminary round:
1. Solo work. (about 1 minutes worth.)
2. Beethoven excerpts.
3. Mozart excerpt.
4. Strauss excerpt.
5. Brahms Piano Concerto solo, the section at the start of it.
They were very good about it, and told us what was going to be asked in the preliminary round, and the final round. I wish all auditions could be run like this one was!

Solos:
Bach: Movement of your choice from any unaccompanied Cello Suite
Concerto: Your choice, approximately 2 minutes.

Orchestral Excerpts:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd and 3rd Mvmnts.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, 4th Mvt.
Brahms: Piano DConcerto No. 2, 3rd Mvt, Solo.
Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, 4th Mvt.
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, 4th Mvmt, top line of 79 to 80
Rossini: William Tell Overture, Solo Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, first page to [6], page 7 [43] to [50]
V. Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overure, Solo
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Solo
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, 2nd Mvt.

Solos:
Haydn: Cello Concerto D major, 1st Movement (until recap.)
And Your Choice Of:
Dvorak: Cello Concerto, 1st Movement
Or
Schumann: Cello Concerto, 1st Movement

Orchestral Solos:
Strauss: Don Quixote, Theme, Variation I, Variation V, Finale
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Suppe: Morning, Noon, & Night
Strauss: Bourgeois Gentilhomme (as found in the cello excerpt book published by International Publishing)
Puccini: Tosca, solo in Act III

Orchestra Parts:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd Movement
Debussy: La Mer
Dvorak: Carnival Overture
Verdi: Requiem "Offertorio"
Mendelssohn: Midsummers Night's Dream, Scherzo
Strauss: Don Juan

Candidates may also be asked to play other material not on this list.

SOLOS:

One of the following concerto movements (with MSO piano accompanest in finals)

• Dvorak: first movement (beginning to measure 267)
• Dvorak: last movement (with coda; play mm. 33-421)
• Haydn D: first movement (beginning to m. 128)
• Haydn D. last movement, complete

Bach Preludes to Suites # 1, 2, 3 or 4
Popper Etudes # 5, 10 or 22

EXCERPTS:

• Beethoven: Sym. 5, 2nd movement, mm 1-10, 49-59, 98-106; 3rd movement, mm 1-213 with repeat
• Brahms: Sym #2, slow movement, beginning to A
• Dvorak: Carnival Overture: E-F, and L-M
• Janacek: Glagolitic Mass, movement IV, Veruju: mm 130-145 (part available)
• Mahler: Symphony #5, second movement: #5-#9, Langsam after #11-#13; last movement: pickup to #2-#3
• Mozart: Symphony #35, last movement: 6 bars before B to C, 10 after D to E
• Schoenberg: Variatons for Orchestra, opus 31: measures 34-57 (part available)
• Strauss: Ein Heldenleben: beginning to #14

CHAMBER MUSIC

• Schubert: String Quintet in C (D 956), 2nd cello part, first movement: mm 1-154 only (please use bowings as marked in our copy)
• Shostakovich: Piano Trio in e minor, opus 67, Scherzo (2nd movement), complete (The audition committee acknowledges that the printed metronome marking is widely considered to be unreasonable. Bowings are the choice of the candidate.)

SIGHT READING

In addition to the orchestral excerpts listed, one movement from a concerto
of your choice is required.

Bach: Unaccompanied Suite (two contrasting movements)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (second movement)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Presto beginning-A; Fourth movement recitative)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Andante)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Opening)
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo 296-323)
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro (beginning first 8 measures)
Rossini: William Tell Overture (solo)
Strauss: Don Juan (beginning to C)
Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring (186 to the end)

One movement from a concerto of your choice
One movement from a Bach Suite

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd and 3rd movs.
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, 2nd mov.
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, 3rd mov.
Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, 4th mov.
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, 1st mov. - No. 32 to 3 bars after 38
Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture, 1st 2 pages
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Bewegt after #3 to #5, and Schnell after #17
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Beginning to 3 bars after #2, and 4 bars before #12 to 7 bars after #13
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, #104 to #109, and #111 to #114

Concerto
One movement from a concerto of your choice (classical or later period)

Orchestral Repertoire
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, 4th movement
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, 2nd movement
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement
Strauss: Don Juan (Symphonic Poem)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement and 3rd movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, 3rd movement (Trio)
Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture
Debussy: La Mer (prepare all divisi lines)

Sight reading may be required

Solo Piece of your choice.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - 2nd and 3rd movements
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - 2nd movement beginning through letter A
Debussy: La Mer - 2 measures before #9 (the entire passage)
R. Strauss: Don Juan - Letter F to H.
Wagner: Lohengrin (Etude from David Popper from High School of Cello Playing Opus 73.)

Sight Reading.

Solo Piece of your choice.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Strauss: Don Juan
Strauss: Don Quixote

Sight Reading.

(all the music was included in the package.)

Lalo: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, mvt. 1
Wagner: Die Walküre: Act II, scene 4
Verdi: Requiem: Mvt. 3, "Offertorio"
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel: Act III, scenes 2 and 3
Giordano: Andrea Chenier: Act I
Berg: Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 4
Beethoven: Fidelio: Act II, No. 13, Trio; and Act II, No. 14, Quartet
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte: Act I, No. 16, Trio
Wagner: Tännhauser: Overture
Wagner: Gotterdämmerung: Act III, scene 3, #46 & #71
Bizet: Carmen: Act III Finale
Tchaikovsky: Variations on A Rococco Theme, Op. 33

Solo Work: Prepare an Allergro movement from any standard concerto.

Orchestral Excerpts:

Beethoven - Symphony #5, Movements two and three
Brahms - Symphony #2, Second Movement
Mozart - Symphony #35, Fourth Movement
Mendelssohn - Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream
Smetana - Overture to the Bartered Bride
Tchaikovsky - Symphony #4, Second Movement
R. Strauss - Don Juan
Verdi - Requieum, Offertorio

Sightreading

Excerpts will be provided for reference, however candidates may use their own.

Solo work will be played first followed by orchestra excerpts and sightreading.

Candidates will draw lots to determine audition times. Each preliminary audition will be approximately 10-15 minutes in length. The committee will hear 4-6 candidates in one hour's time.

Finals, if necessary, will be held immediately following preliminaries.

Two URLs of interest:
http://www.shreveportsymphony.com
http://www.softdisk.com/comp/opus

Haydn: Concerto in Cmajor - memorized, first page only
Beethoven: Symphony #5

Bach: any two contrasting movements from the Six Suites
Dvorak: Cello Concerto (1st movement, beginning to the first Grandioso orchestra tutti)

Beethoven: Symphony #5 (2nd & 3rd movements)
Beethoven: Prometheus Ballet (solo) PRINCIPAL ONLY
Brahms: Piano Concerto #2 (solo)
Brahms: Symphony #3 (3rd movement)
Debussy: La Mer (I, quartet section, first part)
Dvorak: Symphony #8 (1st & 4th movements)
Mozart: Symphony #35 (1st and 4th movements)
Rossini: William Tell Overture (solo)
Strauss: Don Juan (first page and similar entrances)
Shostakovich: Symphony #1 (solo) PRINCIPAL ONLY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 (2nd movement)
Von Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overture (solo)

Finalists may be asked to sightread during the final rounds. Finalists may be asked to read quartet literature with members of a string quartet.

Solo works
Two contrasting movements of a Bach Suite
Entire 1st movement of Dvorak Concerto orSchumann Concerto

Orchestral solos
PLEASE NOTE - Where a specific edition of a work is listed, it is only as a reference for the letters and measure numbers. You may use your own edition.

Strauss - Don Quixote (International Edition, ed. Leonard Rose)

Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2, Andante (Kalmus Edition)

Rossini - William Tell Overture

Orchestral tuttis
Strauss - Don Juan (Kalmus Edition)

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Breitkopf-Weisbaden Edition)

Mozart - Symphony No. 35, Finale (Kalmus Edition)

Brahms - Symphony No. 2, 2nd Movement

Brahms - Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement

Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo (Breitkopf Ed.)

Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker, Pas de Deux

Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra

I. A complete concerto of your choice. An accompanist will be provided.

II. A complete Bach Suite of your choice

III. Orchestral solos:

Brahms: Piano Concerto #2, 2nd mvmt.
Rossini: William Tell Overture, beginning to bar 48
Shostakovich: Symph. #1

IV. Tutti Excerpts

Beethoven: 5th symphony

V. Possible sight-reading.

Just a note: At this audition, only some of this was heard. Only part of one mvmt was asked from the concerto, no Bach, only the theme and part of the dream var from Don Quixote, Brahms Piano Concerto #2 solo, Bartered Bride, only a couple of other things.

Note: This info was provided by Yvonne Caruthers, a cellist in the NSO. Email her for more info!
You may also be interested in looking at the National Symphony's Homepage.

• One movement from a standard concerto
• Bach, one movement from the unaccompanied suites
• Beethoven, Symphony 5, 2nd and 3rd movements
• Brahms, Symphony 2, 2nd movement
• Brahms, Symphony 3, 3rd movement
• Debussy, La Mer, 2 bars before 9 for 8 bars, top only
• Elgar, Enigma Variations, var. XII, excluding solos
• Mendelssohn, A Midsummernight's Dream, Scherzo, (C to D and M to O)
• Mozart, Symphony 40, 1st movement (bars 114-138)
• Strauss, Ein Heldenleben (opening to 14 and 1 bar before 46 to 50)
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony 6, 2nd movement (opening to B)
• Verdi, Requiem, offertory (bars 1-28)

Solo Requirement:

Standard Concerto of player's choice (complete concerto with cadenzas)
Bach: Prelude from unaccompanied Suite No. 2, 3, 5, or 6. And one movement of player's choice from any Suite.

Orchestral Repertoire:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; 2nd and 3rd movements
Brahms: Haydn Variations; Variation I and V
Brahms: Symphony No. 3; 3rd and 4th movements
Debussy: La Mer; 2 before '9' to 7 after '9'
Mahler: Symphony No. 5; 2nd and 5th movements
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Scherzo
Mozart: Marriage of Figaro; Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 40; 1st and 4th movements
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5;

Sight reading from the standard orchestral repertoire may be asked for during these auditions.

I. SOLO OF THE PERFORMER'S CHOICE

II. ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2; Solo, 3rd mvt.
Brahms: Symphony No. 2; 1st mvt, 2nd mvt., 4th mvt.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; 2nd mvt.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Scherzo (Trio)
Corigliano: Symphony No. 1; Solo Excerpts (we'll provide)
Debussy: La Mer
Mahler: Symphony No. 2; 1st mvt., 2nd movt., 3rd mvt.
Mendelssohn: Midsummernight's Dream; Scherzo
Mozart: Symphony No. 40; 1st mvt., 4th mvt.
Rossini: William Tell Overture, Opening solo
Puccini: Tosca; Act 3 solo; 1st and 2nd parts
Saint Saens: Carnival of the Animals; The Swan
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; meas. 1 - 24
Von Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overture; Opening solo

III. SIGHT READING

You can access their web page for more info at http://ww.flaphil.com/auditions

Solo Repertoire

• Bach, movement of choice from an unaccompanied Suite
• Concerto, movement of choice from concerto of choice

Opera Excerpts

• Puccini, Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo; Tosca, Act III opening (all 4 parts)
• Rossini, The Barber of Seville Overture
• R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Act II Scene 2
• Verdi, Requiem, Offertorio

Excerpts provided

Tape Audition Repertoire

I. Five minutes of the first movement of a standard concerto

II. Excerpts:

Mozart: Symphony No. 35; Finale: bar 134 to 181
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Second mvt: Opening to bar 10, bar 98 to 106
Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Second mvt: Opening to bar 16
Strauss: Don Juan; R to T

Audition Repertoire List

I. First movement of a standard concerto

II. Excerpts:

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"; Finale
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

This List was provided by Steven Taylor. Thanks!

Solo: 1st mvt. of a Major Concerto of your choice

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 (Mvts. I, II & III)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 (Mvts. II)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 (Mvts. III & IV)
VERDI: Requiem (Offertorio)
STRAUSS: Don Juan
STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (Beginning to #13)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 (I & II Mvts. & IV Mvt. Recitative)
SMETANA: Overture to The Bartered Bride

This list was provided by Steven Taylor.

Virginia Sympony - Core and Per Service, April 29, 1999

• First movement concerto of candidate's choice
• Beethoven, Sym 5, movement 2, opening and first 2 variations; Sym 8, movement 3, trio
• Brahms, Sym 2, movement 2, opening to m 15
• Debussy, La Mer, cello solo 2 m before rehearsal 9 to 7 m after rehearsal 9
• Mendelssohn (Core only) Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, N to O
• Mozart, Sym 35, movement 4, mm 1-37
• Prokofiev (Core only) Sym 5, movement 2, 55-56; movement 3, 60-61
• R. Strauss, Don Juan, mm 1-9, R to 4 m after U; 7 mm before G through H
• Tchaikovsky, Sym 4, movement 2, mm 21 to A; mm 252-274

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