audition program principal double bass (shared position)

Audition Program Principal Double Bass (shared position)

Deadline for submission: Monday 22/11/2021 Live audition: Monday 29/11/2021

** Please perform all selections using standard orchestral tuning

1st Round

F.A. Hoffmeister: Concerto OR C.D. von Dittersdorf: Concerto OR J.B. Vanhal: Concerto

1st movement (with cadenza) and 2nd movement (without cadenza)

+ Excerpt: Bach: Violin Concerto in E Major, adagio

+ Excerpt: Mozart: Symphony no. 40, 1st and 4th movement

+ Excerpt: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5

2nd Round S. Koussevitzky: Concerto (1st movement) OR G. Bottesini: Concerto (1st movement with cadenza)

+ Orchestral excerpts to be selected from the list below

3rd Round

ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS

Solo Verdi: Otello act IV Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Stravinsky: Pulcinella, vivo Haydn: Symphony no. 31, var. 7 Mahler: Symphony no. 1, mov. III

Tutti Bach: Violin Concerto in E Major, adagio Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 - scherzo Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Ronde du Sabbat Strauss: Don Juan Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Smetana: The Bartered Bride Bruckner: Symphony no. 7

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