SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Principal Cello

SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Principal Cello
Audition Requirements
Solo:
1. First movement from any standard concerto
2. Prelude from any Bach Suite
Solo Orchestral Excerpts:
Composer
Title
1. Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2
2. Rossini
William Tell Overture
3. Strauss
Don Quixote
Orchestral Excerpts:
Composer
1. Beethoven
2. Beethoven
3. Beethoven
4. Brahms
5. Debussy
6. Mendelssohn
7. Mozart
8. Strauss
9. Verdi
Title
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 2
La Mer
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Symphony No. 35
Ein Heldenleben
Requiem
Excerpt(s)
Third movement solos
Opening solo
Theme m. 122-138
Variation 1 m. 160b-185
Finale
Excerpt(s)
Second movement m.1-10, 49-59, 98-106
Third movement m.1-18, 140-218
Third movement: Trio
Second movement m.1-15
Un peu plus mouvemente (top line)
Letter N to O
Fourth movement m.134-181
First page
Offertorio m.1-28
Quartet Excerpts:
Composer
Title
Excerpt(s)
1. Haydn string quartet in D Major Op. 64 Mvt. I Exposition
2. Dvorak "American" No. 12 Op. 96 Mvt. II up to 1 bar before rehearsal 4