Section First Violin (3 positions) Audition

October/November 2023 & January 2024

Audition Repertoire will be taken from the following list. There may be sight-reading, section, and ensemble rounds to
be taken from both the below list and standard repertoire. A complete packet of orchestral excerpts will be made
available to invited candidates after the resume deadline passes.

REQUIRED SOLOS:
Choose one violin concerto from the following; 1st movement, no cadenza unless indicated below, approximately 5
minutes only from the beginning:
Bartok No. 2 Korngold Sibelius (with 1st cadenza)
Beethoven Mendelssohn E minor Tchaikovsky
Brahms Paganini No.2 Wieniawski No.2
Dvořák Prokofiev No.2
AND
Choose one violin concerto from the following; 1st movement, no cadenza, exposition only:
Mozart Concerto No. 3
Mozart Concerto No. 4
Mozart Concerto No. 5

FIRST VIOLIN EXCERPTS:

1. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 Mvt III mm. 99-114
2. BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 Mvt III mm. 1-44
3. BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 Mvt IV mm. 33-81
4. DEBUSSY La mer Mvt II Reh [33] to 4 bars before Reh [39]
5. MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, “Italian” Mvt I mm. 1-110
6. MOZART Symphony No. 39 Mvt I mm. 26-99
7. MOZART Symphony No. 39 Mvt IV, Finale mm. 1-104
8. SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2 Mvt I Allegro vivace - m. 64
9. SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 Mvt II, Scherzo mm. 1-54
10. R. STRAUSS Don Juan beginning to 13 bars after Reh [C]
11. TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker Overture Last 49 measures, top line

CHAMBER MUSIC EXCERPTS:

These excerpts are for the final round only, to be performed with members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

12. BRAHMS Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Mvt II mm. 1-26 (1st violin)
13. RAVEL String Quartet Mvt I beginning – Reh [10] (2nd violin)

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Section First Violin Audition Repertoire (as of 5/11/2023)
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