Allentown Symphony Orchestra

Section Bass Audition Repertoire

January 2022

Solo:

Bach, J.S. Cello Suite No. 3: Bourree 1 & 2

Orchestral Excerpts:

Mozart Symphony No. 39 – Movement I

1. beginning of m. 40 through m. 96

Movement IV

2. beginning of m. 98 through m. 137

Bach, J.S. Concerto for Violin in E major – Movement II

3. m. 1 through m. 22

Beethoven Symphony No. 7 – Movement I

4. m. 254 through m. 299

Brahms Symphony No. 2 – Movement IV

5. m. 244 through m. 279

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 – Movement I

6. Reh. P through 1 m. before Reh Q

Nielsen Symphony No. 3 – Movement III

7. Reh. 9 to the downbeat of 2 m. after Reh. 11

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 – Movement I

8. m. 41 through m. 90

Movement IV

9. m. 33 through m. 52

Mahler Symphony No. 2 – Movement I

10. beginning to Reh. 2

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 – Movement I

11. Reh. 22 to 4 m. after Reh. 26

Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

12. Variation H
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(m. 244 to the end ofm. 279)
7. Nielsen - Symphony no. 3 - Mvmt. III
(Reh. 9 to the downbeat of 2 measures after Reh. 11)

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