Principal Cello Audition Repertoire

I. SOLO REPERTOIRE

The first movement of any concerto in the standard repertoire.

II. ORCHESTRAL SOLO EXCERPTS

BRAHMS Piano Concerto #2: mvt 3, opening to 9 after A, D to end

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Suite: Solo from Scene 4

STRAUSS Don Quixote: Theme, Variation I, Finale as marked

III. ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS

MOZART Symphony no. 35: IV. Finale (Presto), m. 1 - m. 54, m. 134 – m. 197

BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 5: II. Andante con moto, m. 1 – 10, m. 49 – 57, m. 98 – 106, III. Scherzo Allegro , m. 1 - 17

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo, 3rd beat of C to first of D, 3rd beat of N to first beat of O

STRAUSS Don Juan, beginning to D

IV. POSSIBLE SIGHT-READING