Auditions for Viola Soloist B

Orquestra Gulbenkian | May 8th and 9st 2023

Programme
The programme for each round will be the following:

1st round (Some orchestra excerpts might be asked)

Prelude of Bach Suite nº 1, 2, 3 (Free Choice)

First Movement, exposition with cadenza of Hoffmeister or Stamitz

2nd round (Viola excerpts to be decided during the audition):

Puccini: Manon Lescaut - Act III – Intermezzo

Ravel: Ma Mère L’Oye – V. Le Jardin Féerique
Smetana: The Bartered Bride – Overture
Strauss: Don Juan
Strauss: Don Quixote
Shostakovich: Symphony 5
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6
Beethoven: Symphony 9
Mozart: Symphony 35
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Bruckner: Symphony 4
Beethoven: Symphony 5

3rd Round:

Concerto of Walton, Bartok or Hindemith - First Movement (Free Choice)