Boston Symphony Orchestra

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AUDITION REPERTOIRE
Preliminaries/Semi-finals/Finals

I. Solos (need not be memorized)
Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 (c minor) - Sarabande
Vaughn Williams: Tuba Concerto - mvmts I & II

II. Orchestra Passages
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture - 16 to 5 after 19
Berlioz: Symphonie Fanastique - mvmts IV & V (tuba I)
Gershwin: An American in Paris - 4 after 67 to 68
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - mvmt III: 4 before 3 to 4
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 - mvmt V: 10 to 11
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 - mvmt I: 3 to 6
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - 1 after 62 to 2 after 65
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie - 2 after 25 to 26 ; 145 to end (tuba I)
Stravinsky: Petroushka (1911) - 3 after 100 to 4 after 101 ; 121 to 122
Wagner: Die Meistersinger - Act I Prelude: J to L
Wagner: Die Walküre - Act III Ride of the Walküre (B major): mm 125 to 142

III. Orchestra Passages With Section
(Those candidates in the final round may be asked to play these passages with BSO members as part of the audition.)
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem - mvmt II: 11 after L to M
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - mvmt IV: O to end
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 - mvmt IV: mm 1 to 40
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis - mvmt II: 4 after L to 2 after P
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 - mvmt II: 6 after O to 4 before Q; 13 after CC to FF
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 - mvmt III, mvmt IV: L to M

IV. Sight Reading