THE ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL AND

RAFAEL PAYARE, MUSIC DIRECTOR DESIGNATE

announce the following audition:

Associate Principal Double Bass

The international audition will be held on Saturday, May 7th, 2022

Employment to begin: as soon as possible

Highly qualified applicants are asked to fill out the registration form online and to send a one-page resume
to auditions@osm.ca no later than Friday, March 25th, 2022.

A $50 deposit is required for the audition (see payment instructions in the registration form). The deposit will not
be cashed unless you decide to withdraw from this audition after Friday, April 22nd, 2022.

The OSM reserves the right to cancel this audition in the event of a tightening by government
authorities of health measures related to COVID-19.

Béatrice Mille - OSM - 1600, rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal QC H2X 0S1 - 514-840-7449 - auditions@osm.ca
 INTERNATIONAL AUDITION
Saturday, May 7th, 2022

Associate Principal Double Bass

A) SOLO

Bach 1 movement from the Suite no 3 for Unaccompanied Cello (Edition in G major –
prelude excluded)

First movement of one of these Double Bass Concertos [orchestral tuning]

Bottesini nº 2 – Vanhal – Koussevitzky – Dittersdorf

B) ORCHESTRAL SOLOS

Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes

Haydn Symphony nº 31 in D major, « Hornsignal » (4th mvt, variation 7)
Mahler Symphony nº 1 in D major, « Titan » (3rd mvt)
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé: 2nd movement Reh 15-16
Saint-Saëns Carnaval des Animaux : L’Éléphant
Stravinsky Pulcinella, Suite, (revised 1949 version) (7. Vivo)

C) ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS

Bartok Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta (1st mvt : from m. 37 to 56)
Beethoven Symphony nº 5 in C minor, op. 67 (3rd mvt : from beginning to m. 215)
Beethoven Symphony nº 9 in D minor, op. 125 (4th mvt : from beginning to m. 107; from K to m. 525)
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 (4th and 5th mvt)
Brahms Symphony nº 2 in D major, op. 73 (1st and 4th mvt)
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (variation H)
Bruckner Symphony nº 7 (1st mvt m. 367-392)
Mahler Symphony nº 2 in C minor, « Resurrection » (1st mvt : from beginning to 2 )
Mahler Symphony nº 7 (2nd mvt, 6 before 75 to 1 before 78)
Mendelssohn Symphony nº 4 in A major, op. 90, « Italian » (1st mvt : measures 41 to 90)
Mozart Symphony nº 35 in D major, K. 385, « Haffner » (1st and 4th mvt)
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (6th mvt : Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle, from 56 to 58 )
Strauss, R. Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 (complete)
Tchaikovsky Symphony nº 4 in F minor, op. 36 (1st mvt : from 4th measure of B to 1st measure of C )

D) SIGHT READING

Be prepared to play excerpts chosen form the standard repertoire.

An accompanist is supplied; please bring your own piano part. The pitch of the OSM is A-442.

Béatrice Mille - OSM - 1600, rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal QC H2X 0S1 - 514-840-7449 - auditions@osm.ca