SECTION CELLO Audition Repertoire List 2019-2020 Season Audition Date: May 25, 2019 Application Deadline: May 17, 2019 Please see website for informational packet with details about audition applications and our 2019-2020 season schedule and compensation. http://wichitasymphony.org/about/auditions-careers I. Solo Repertoire: 1. Exposition of First Movement from a standard concerto of applicant’s choice. 2. Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major, First Movement – Exposition II. Orchestral Excerpts (all excerpts provided and marked): 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Movement 2 Excerpt #1: Beginning through measure 10 Excerpt #2: Measure 49 through measure 59 Excerpt #3: Measure 98 through measure 106 Excerpt #4: Measure 114 through measure 123 fermata 2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Movement 3 – Top line: Trio Section with repeat 3. Brahms: Symphony No. 2 Movement 2 – Opening to measure 15 4. Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn Variation No. 5 – Top Line 5. Debussy: La Mer Top Line: Two measures before figure 9 to six measure before figure 10 Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 1 of 14 6. Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo #1: Figure F through fifteen measures after figure F (measure 137 through 151) #2: Figure N through figure O (measure 296 through 324) 7. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 Movement 1 – Pick up to measure 115 through measure 138 Movement 4 – Measure 49 through measure 70 8. Strauss: Don Juan Beginning to letter D 9. Verdi: Requiem No. 3 Offertorio – Beginning to measure 62 Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 2 of 14 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Excerpt #1: Movement 2 – Beginning through measure 10 1. Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Excerpt #2: Movement 2 – Measure 49 through measure 59 2. Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 3 of 14 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Excerpt #3: Movement 2 – Measure 98 through measure 106 3. Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Excerpt #4: Movement 2 – Measure 114 through measure 123 fermata 4. Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 4 of 14 Beethoven Symphony No. 8 Movement 3 – Top line: Trio Section with repeat Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 5 of 14 Brahms Symphony No. 2 Movement 2 – Opening to measure 15 Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 6 of 14 Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn Variation No. 5 – Top Line Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 7 of 14 Debussy La Mer Top Line: Two measures before figure 9 to six measure before figure 10 Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 8 of 14 Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream Excerpt #1: Scherzo – Figure F through fifteen measures after figure F (measure 137 through 151) 1. Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream Excerpt #2: Scherzo – Figure N through figure O (measure 296 through 324) 2. Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 9 of 14 Mozart Symphony No. 40 Movement 1 – Pick up to measure 115 through measure 138 Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 10 of 14 Mozart Symphony No. 40 Movement 4 – Measure 49 through measure 70 00 Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 11 of 14 Strauss Don Juan Beginning to letter D (2 pages) Continued on next page. Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 12 of 14 Strauss (Continued) 00 Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 13 of 14 Verdi Requiem No. 3 Offertorio – Beginning to measure 62 00 Wichita Symphony 2019-2020 Section Cello Audition Packet Page 14 of 14 .