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Requirements for Audition Tutti Viola
May 2017
Auditions must be unaccompanied. Candidates MUST use the same instrument in orchestral tuning (A440) for the solos and excerpts.
Solo – 1st movement | exposition only (unaccompanied)
01 - One of:
• Bartok – Viola Concerto• Walton – Viola Concerto• Hindemith – Der Schwanendreher
AND
02 - One of:
• Stamitz – Viola Concerto (no cadenza)• Hoffmeister – Viola Concerto (no cadenza)
Excerpts
03 W. A. MOZART | SYMPHONY NO.35 ‘HAFFNER’ MVT.1 3
04 W. A. MOZART | OVERTURE TO THE MAGIC FLUTE 4
05 BEETHOVEN | SYMPHONY NO.5 MVT.2 5
Excerpt 1 5
Excerpt 2 5
Excerpt 3 5
Excerpt 4 6
Excerpt 5 6
06 SHOSTAKOVICH | SYMPHONY NO.5 MVT.1 6
07 STRAUSS | DON JUAN 7
Excerpt 1 7
Excerpt 2 7
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08 BERLIOZ | ROMAN CARNIVAL OVERTURE 8
09 MENDELSSOHN | SCHERZO FROM A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 9
10 STRAUSS | EIN HELDENLEBEN 10
11 BRITTEN | FOUR SEA INTERLUDES MVT.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 Bartok viola solo.mov” • “02 Stamitz viola solo.mov” • “03 Bach Brandenburg Concerto.mov”
• “05a Elgar Enigma Variations excerpt 1.mov” • “05b Elgar Enigma Variations excerpt 2.mov” • etc.
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03 W. A. Mozart | Symphony No.35 ‘Haffner’ mvt.1
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04 W. A. Mozart | Overture to The Magic Flute
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05 Beethoven | Symphony No.5 mvt.2 Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2 (Same Tempo)
Excerpt 3 (Same Tempo)
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Excerpt 4 (Same Tempo)
Excerpt 5 (Same Tempo)
06 Shostakovich | Symphony No.5 mvt.1
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07 Strauss | Don Juan Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2 (Same Tempo)
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08 Berlioz | Roman Carnival Overture Andante Sostenuto = 52
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09 Mendelssohn | Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Allegro Vivace
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10 Strauss | Ein Heldenleben Festes Zeitmass (sehr lebhaft)
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11 Britten | Four Sea Interludes mvt.4