SPHINX ORCHESTRAL PARTNERS AUDITIONS (SOPA) Excerpt Competition

2024 Repertoire List

Violin Repertoire List

Round 1: November 5th, 2023, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET
Round 2: January 24th, 2024 in Detroit, MI

I. SOLO
MOZART - Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 OR Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major,
K. 219 “Turkish”
Movement I (with Cadenza)

AND

STANDARD ROMANTIC VIOLIN CONCERTO

(BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, DVOŘÁK, MENDELSSOHN, SIBELIUS, or TCHAIKOVSKY)
Movement I: Exposition (without cadenza)

II. ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS

First Violin

BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125

Mvt. III: mm. 99-114

BRAHMS - Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73

Mvt. I: m. 1 to [F]
Mvt II: m. 51 to downbeat of [D]
Mvt. III: mm. 33-73

BRAHMS - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98

Mvt. IV: mm. 33-80

DEBUSSY - La Mer
Mvt. II: [19] to [20]
Mvt. II: [33] to [39]

MENDELSSOHN - A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Scherzo: mm. 17-99

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MOZART - Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543

Mvt. IV: mm. 1-41

PROKOFIEV - Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”

Mvt. I: Beginning to [H]

STRAUSS - Don Juan

Beginning to 12 after [C] (first page)

Second Violin

BARTÓK - Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123

Mvt. V, Finale: mm. 265-324

MAHLER - Symphony No. 9

Mvt. I: mm. 285-315

MOZART - Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”

Mvt. IV: mm. 1-115

RACHMANINOFF - Symphony No. 2 in E minor, op. 27

Mvt. II: 15 after [32] to 6 after [36]