Principal & Section Viola Audition – 2023

AUDITION REPERTOIRE

I.  Solo (without accompaniment)

Choose one from the following:

Bartok, Stamitz or Walton Concertos

Hindemith:  Schwanendreher

Mozart:  Sinfonia Concertante

II. Orchestral Excerpts

1.  Mozart:  Symphony No. 35
            First Mvt.:  m. 41 – 66
            Finale:  10 after Letter D (m.134) to E (m. 182)

2.  Brahms:  Symphony No. 2
            First Mvt:  mm. 17 – 26 and 114 – 137

3.  Berlioz:  Carnival Overture
              2 after #1 to 9 after #3

4.  Shostakovich:  Symphony No. 5
             First Mvt:  #15 to #17

5.  Strauss:  Don Juan

            Beginning through the downbeat of Letter D

6.  Tchaikovsky:  Serenade for Strings Op. 48

            Waltz moderato: 4 bars after Letter D to 2 bars after Letter E.

7.  Rossini:  “La Gazza Ladra”

            Allegro after Letter B to Letter C

III. Orchestral Solos

8.  Ravel:  Mother Goose Suite

            Movement V: 4 bars after #2 to 3 bars after #3

9.  Strauss:  Don Quixote

            4 bars after #14 to 2 bars before #18

            1 bar after #29 to 2 bars before #34