JAVS Spring 2001

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Vm. 17No. 1

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VIOLA SOCIETY

First movement from one of the following concertos: Bartok, Walton, or Hindemith ( Schwanendreher)

MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA Assistant Principal Viola

1. Bach One movement from any of the unaccompanied suites 2. Please prepare the first movement of one of the following three concertos (no cadenza, no accompaniment): Bartok Viola Concerto Hindemith Der Schwanendreher Walton Viola Concerto

Orchestra repertoire: Bach

Cantata No. 140, Wachet auf Chorale Prelude, "Zion hort die Wachter singen'' Roman Carnival Overture Pick-up to third bar after Rehearsal #1 through eighth bar after Re hearsal #3

Berlioz

Viola Solos: 1. Enesco 2. Kodaly* 3. Prokofiev* 4.Ravel

Haydn Variations

Brahms

Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1 Hdry jdnos Suite Romeo andjuliet Suite No. 2 Mother Goose Suite

Variations V, VII, VIII (complete)

Symphony No. 5 Scherzo: mm. 39-46; mm. 526-682 Finale: mm. 71-94; mm.

Mahler

Orchestral Excerpts: 1. Beethoven

Mendelssohn 272-307; mm. 497 509; mm. 623-637 Symphony No. 4 (second mvt.) Symphony No. 35 (first and last mvts.) Classical Symphony (first and fourth mvts.) Don juan (complete) Symphony No. 6 (first and third mvts.) Please Note: Materials other than those listed may be required at auditions. Mozart Prokofiev Strauss Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 5, second movement

2. Brahms Symphony No. 2, first and second movements Symphony No. 4, second movement 4. Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo 5. Mozart Symphony No. 35, fourth 3. Bruckner

movement Don juan, to letter E

6. Strauss 7. Strauss 8. Copland*

Don Quixote, first two pages Appalachian Spring, pages 1 and 2, Full Orchestra version

*Those pieces noted with an asterisk (*) are rental only and may be requested from the Minnesota Orchestra Personnel Office using the enclosed form. Please note: A screen will be used for all rounds of this audition. However, the screen may be removed after the final round should one more round be deemed necessary by the committee.

BOSTON SYMPHONY Section Viola

AUDITION REPERTOIRE-November 2000

Preliminaries/Semi-finals/Finals I. Solos (need not be memorized)

Bach Bach Bartok

Suite No. 3-Sarabande Suite No. 5-Gavotte I Viola Concerto-mvmt I (through cadenza) Sinfonia Concertante mvmtl

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Section Viola

Mozart

Solo repertoire (an accompanist will be provided): Bach Prelude from Cello Suite No. 2 (D minor)