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Requirements for Audition 1 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Assistant Principal Double Bass | November 2017 Requirements for Audition Assistant Principal Double Bass November 2017 Auditions must be unaccompanied. Please tune to A440 for the solos and excerpts. All excerpts to be played with orchestral tuning using the same instrument. Please use your own bowings unless explicitly marked in the score. Solo (unaccompanied) 01 | CLASSICAL CONCERTO (EXPOSITION and CADENZA) Dittersdorf – Double Bass Concerto OR Vanhal – Double Bass Concerto AND 02 | ROMANTIC CONCERTO (EXPOSITION) Koussevitzky – Double Bass Concerto OR Bottesini – Double Bass Concerto Excerpts 03 | J.S. BACH | VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MAJOR BWV 1042, MVT. 2 3 04 | W.A. MOZART | SYMPHONY NO. 40 3 Excerpt 1 | mvt. 1 3 Excerpt 2 | mvt. 1 4 05 | BEETHOVEN | SYMPHONY NO.5 5 Excerpt 1 | mvt. 3 Scherzo 5 Excerpt 2 | mvt.3 Trio 6 06 | BEETHOVEN | SYMPHONY NO.9 MVT.4 7
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Page 1: Requirements for Audition Assistant Principal Double Bass · PDF fileRequirements for Audition 1 . New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Assistant Principal Double Bass | November 2017

Requirements for Audition 1

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Assistant Principal Double Bass | November 2017

Requirements for Audition Assistant Principal Double Bass

November 2017

Auditions must be unaccompanied. Please tune to A440 for the solos and excerpts. All excerpts to be played with orchestral tuning using the same instrument. Please use your own bowings unless explicitly marked in the score.

Solo (unaccompanied)

01 | CLASSICAL CONCERTO (EXPOSITION and CADENZA)

Dittersdorf – Double Bass Concerto

OR

Vanhal – Double Bass Concerto

AND

02 | ROMANTIC CONCERTO (EXPOSITION)

Koussevitzky – Double Bass Concerto

OR

Bottesini – Double Bass Concerto

Excerpts

03 | J.S. BACH | VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MAJOR BWV 1042, MVT. 2 3

04 | W.A. MOZART | SYMPHONY NO. 40 3

Excerpt 1 | mvt. 1 3

Excerpt 2 | mvt. 1 4

05 | BEETHOVEN | SYMPHONY NO.5 5

Excerpt 1 | mvt. 3 Scherzo 5

Excerpt 2 | mvt.3 Trio 6

06 | BEETHOVEN | SYMPHONY NO.9 MVT.4 7

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07 | RICHARD STRAUSS | EIN HELDENLEBEN 8

08 | DVOŘÁK | SYMPHONY NO.9 MVT. 2 8

09 | MAHLER | SYMPHONY NO. 2 MVT. 1 9

10 | VERDI | OTHELLO 10

11 | MUSSORGSKY ORCH. RAVEL | PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION MVT. 6 11

12 | HAYDN | SYMPHONY NO. 72 MVT. 4. VARIATION 4 11 File names If sending a recorded audition, to enable us to easily and directly play any excerpt, please label each file individually as per these example filenames:

• “01 Classical Concerto.mov” • “02 Romantic Concerto.mov” • “03 Bach Violin Concerto.mov” • “04a Mozart Symphony No.35 excerpt 1.mov” • “04b Mozart Symphony No.35 excerpt 2.mov” • etc.

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03 | J.S. Bach | Violin Concerto in E Major BWV 1042, mvt. 2 3

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03 | J.S. Bach | Violin Concerto in E Major BWV 1042, mvt. 2

04 | W.A. Mozart | Symphony No. 40 Excerpt 1 | mvt. 1 Molto Allegro

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4 04 | W.A. Mozart | Symphony No. 40

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Excerpt 2 | mvt. 1 Same Tempo

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05 | Beethoven | Symphony No.5 5

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05 | Beethoven | Symphony No.5 Excerpt 1 | mvt. 3 Scherzo Allegro

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6 05 | Beethoven | Symphony No.5

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Excerpt 2 | mvt.3 Trio Same Tempo

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06 | Beethoven | Symphony No.9 mvt.4 7

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06 | Beethoven | Symphony No.9 mvt.4 Presto = 66 Please observe a brief pause for the bars which contain the X symbol

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8 07 | Richard Strauss | Ein Heldenleben

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07 | Richard Strauss | Ein Heldenleben Lebhaft bewegt.

08 | Dvořák | Symphony No.9 mvt. 2 Largo – Un poco piu mosso

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09 | Mahler | Symphony No. 2 mvt. 1 9

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09 | Mahler | Symphony No. 2 mvt. 1

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10 10 | Verdi | Othello

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10 | Verdi | Othello Poco più mosso = 80

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11 | Mussorgsky orch. Ravel | Pictures at an Exhibition mvt. 6 11

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Assistant Principal Double Bass | November 2017

11 | Mussorgsky orch. Ravel | Pictures at an Exhibition mvt. 6

12 | Haydn | Symphony No. 72 mvt. 4. Variation 4 Please observe repeats.