ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS

Section Cello

September 29 & 30, 2021

All candidates are asked to prepare the following:

SOLO:

1. The first movement of a major concerto 2. One dance movement (not Prelude) from any of the Bach Cello Suites

NOTE: All solo works will be performed unaccompanied.

EXCERPTS:

1. Mozart: Così fan tutte: Act I, no 16, Complete 2. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Overture, ms. 1-9 and 156-166 3. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte: Overture, mm. 27-54 and mm. 105-127 4. Puccini: Tosca, Act 3, 13 before (11) to 1 after (11), solo cello lines 3 and 4 only 5. Strauss: Salome: Scene 3, 6 before (141) to (144) 6. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Act 2, Beginning to (3) 7. Verdi: Aida: Act 3, No. 6, 6 before (X) to 1 before (X) 8. Verdi: Requiem: Offertorio, mm. 1-62 9. Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Act 1, Beginning to 20 after (1) 10. Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture, mm. 241 to downbeat of mm. 275

AUDITION LOCATION:

Academy of Music Rehearsal Hall, 1420 Locust Street. Specific entrance directions will be sent in September. Please arrive 20 minutes prior to your audition time. All preliminary auditions will be held behind a screen for anonymity. Warm-up rooms will be provided. Applicants will be notified of their audition date and time the week of September 8, 2021.

1. Così fan tutte: Act I, No. 16, Complete

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2. Le nozze di Figaro: Overture, measures 1 to 9

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2A. Le nozze di Figaro: Overture, measures 156 to 166

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3. Die Zauberflöte: Overture, measures 27 to 54

3A. Die Zauberflöte: Overture, measures 105 to 127

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4. Tosca: Act III, 13 before {11} to 2 after {11}, solo cello lines 3 and 4 only

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4. Tosca: Act III, 13 before {11} to 2 after {11}(Page 2 of 2)

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5. Salome: Scene 3, 6 before {141} to {144}

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6. Der R

osenkavalier: Act II, B

eginning to {3}

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7. Aida: Act III, No. 6, 6 before {X} to 1 before {X}

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8. Requiem: No. 3, Offertorio, Beginning to measure 62

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9. Götterdämmerung: Act I, Beginning to 20 after {1}

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10. Tannhäuser (Paris Version): Overture, measure 241 to downbeat of measure 275

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