FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY / MATÉRIEL À FINS PÉDAGOGIQUES SEULEMENT

2020 NATIONAL AUDITIONS – Viola (Please enter your email to receive news and updates.) 

Please play material in order listed 

Solo 1) Bach A movement from the unaccompanied Cello Suites  (not supplied) 

or unaccompanied Violin Sonatas and Partitas 

2) Solo Candidates choice (approx. 5 minutes) (not supplied) 

Excerpts 

3) Mozart Sinfonie Nr. 40  (as enclosed) 4. Satz

4)Beethoven Sinfonie Nr. 5 (as enclosed) 2. Satz

5) Strauss (as enclosed) Domestica

6) Stravinsky (as enclosed) Le Sacre du printemps

OPTIONAL: To be played if Award of Excellence materials were submitted in application

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

7) Berlioz (as enclosed) Harold en Italie

8) Stravinsky (as enclosed) Le Sacre du printemps 8a), 8b), 8c), 8d) & 8e)

9) Enesco (as enclosed) Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

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Performance Notes

Mozart (3): Go for a refined, elegant, “Mozartean” sound. The dynamic of forte should reflect brilliance more than mere volume.

Beethoven (4): Pay close attention to the dotted-eighth-and-sixteenth figure while retaining the quality of piano dolce. (It should neither sound like a triplet quarter-and-eighth nor a double-dotted-eighth-and-thirty-second.) The forte should sound subito (preferably without excessive vibrato) and should remain throughout the entire measure.

Stravinsky (6): Triplets at figure 75 should be "off "the string but the 16ths should be "on". I recommend second position throughout a good part of the passage with occasional extensions back with the first finger for the "E or Mi" in the 16th passages).

Stravinsky (8a): 16th notes should be crisp and slightly off the string. Each decrescendo should start again from

piano.

Stravinsky (8b): Dynamic: mp

Stravinsky (8c): Pay close attention to pitch. Do not let vibrato get too wide.

Stravinsky (8d): Pay close attention to rhythm which should be absolutely metronomic. note the dynamic of pp.

Enesco (9): Solo part should sound gypsy-like with LIGHT rubato while still being in rhythm for large beats.

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3) Mozart - Sinfonie Nr. 40 (4. Satz)

4) Beethoven - Sinfonie Nr. 5 (2. Satz)

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5) Strauss - Domestica

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6) Stravinsky - Le Sacre du printemps

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7 / 11 (2020 Viola) 7) Berlioz - Harold en Italie (solo)

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8a) Stravinsky - Le Sacre du printemps

8b)

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8c)

8d)

8e)

9) Enesco - Romanian Rhapsody No. 111 / 11 (2020 Viola)