Requirements for Audition 1

Requirements for Audition

Section Double Bass

July 2020

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)

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 MVT. 3 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 | SCHUBERT | SYMPHONY NO.8 MVT. 1 8

08 | RICHARD STRAUSS | EIN HELDENLEBEN 8

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

10 | SMETANA | BARTERED BRIDE OVERTURE 9

Excerpt 1 9

Excerpt 2 10

11 | BRAHMS | SYMPHONY NO. 2 10

Excerpt 1 | mvt. 1 10

Excerpt 2 | mvt. 2 11

12 | VERDI | OTHELLO 12

13 | BERLIOZ | SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE 13

Excerpt 1 | Mvt 4 13

Excerpt 2 | Mvt. 5 14

File names

When 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.40 excerpt 1.mov”
• “04b Mozart Symphony No.40 excerpt 2.mov”
• etc.

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

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

Excerpt 2 | mvt. 1
Same Tempo

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05 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 mvt. 3 5

05 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 mvt. 3

Excerpt 1 | mvt. 3 Scherzo
Allegro

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Excerpt 2 | mvt.3 Trio

Same Tempo

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

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 | Schubert | Symphony No.8 mvt. 1

07 | Schubert | Symphony No.8 mvt. 1

08 | Richard Strauss | Ein Heldenleben

Lebhaft bewegt.

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

09 | Mahler | Symphony No. 2 mvt. 1

10 | Smetana | Bartered Bride Overture

Excerpt 1

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10 11 | Brahms | Symphony No. 2

Excerpt 2
Same Tempo

11 | Brahms | Symphony No. 2

Excerpt 1 | mvt. 1
Allegro non troppo

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11 | Brahms | Symphony No. 2 11

Excerpt 2 | mvt. 2

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12 12 | Verdi | Othello

12 | Verdi | Othello
Poco più mosso = 80

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13 | Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique 13

13 | Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique

Excerpt 1 | Mvt 4
Allegretto non troppo = 72

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14 13 | Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique

Excerpt 2 | Mvt. 5

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