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CELLO TUTTI – AUDITION PROGRAM

1st ROUND

One of the following concertos – candidate’s choice of cadenza:

Haydn: D Major Concerto, 1st mvt. with cadenza
Haydn: C Major Concerto, 1st mvt. with cadenza
Boccherini: B flat Major Concerto, 1st mvt. with cadenza

Orchestral excerpts

W. A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, overture
L. van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5, II movement
J. Brahms: Symphony no. 2, II movement
R. Strauss: Don Juan

 

2nd ROUND

One of the following concertos:

Dvořák: Cello Concerto, 1st movement
R. Schumann: Cello Concerto, 1st movement
E. Elgar: Cello Concerto, 1st and 2nd movement
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Roccoco Variations (Theme and variations: 1, 2, 3 and 7)

Orchestral excerpts

F. Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony, mvt. 1 and 4
G. Verdi: Requiem, Offertorio
B. Smetana: Prodana nevesta/Die verkaufte Braut
I. Stravinsky: Petrushka