AUDITIONS
Principal Trumpet, Principal Horn, Principal Cello,
Principal Harp, 4th Horn and 3rd Trumpet
All other instruments are welcome to audition for the substitute list.
See below for audition repertoire
Dates: November 17th - 20th
Location: TBA
419-222-5701
To schedule an audition, please contact:
Maureen Case, Personnel Manager
maureen@limasymphony.com
The Lima Symphony Orchestra Music Selections
Violin I (Section)-Violin II (Section)
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
R. Strauss - Don Juan
Beginning - 14 meas. after [C]
Mozart - Symphony No. 39
4th movement –beginning to [A]
Brahms – Symphony No. 2
1st Mvt. – [E] to 18 meas after [E]
1st Mvt. Beginning to [B]
Viola
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
R. Vaughn Williams - Solos from Fantasia on the theme of Thomas Tallis
Orchestra I part
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 2 beg. - meas. 10
Mvt. 2 meas. 98 - 106
Strauss - Don Juan
Beginning to 4 measures before [D]
Cello
solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 2 beg. - meas. 10
Mvt. 2 meas. 98 - 106
Mozart – Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
Finale beg. - meas. 53
R. Strauss - Don Juan
Beginning - [D] (meas .71)
Debussy - La Mer
2 meas. before [9] - 6 meas. after [9]
Verdi - Requiem
Offertorio beg. - meas. 62
Bass
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 3 beg. - 5 after [A]
Mvt. 3 meas. 140 - 213 (no repeat)
Mozart- Symphony No. 35
Mvt. 1 meas. 13 - 48
Mvt. 4 mm. 134-181
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Mvt. 1 [C] to 8 after [D]
Brahms - Symphony No. 2
Mvt. 4 8 before [L] - [M]
Rachmaninoff - PianoConcert No. 2
Mvt. 3
Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Variation H
Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suit
Mvt. 2 [15] - [16]
Flute and Piccolo
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Flute:
Bizet - Entr'acte from Carmen
(Prelude to Act III) Andantino quasi Allegretto
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf Allegro
[2] - [4]
Rossini - William Tell Overture Andante
Meas. 176 - 225
Tchaikovsy - Nutcracker Danse Chinoise
Piccolo:
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
Scherzo [E[ - [G]
Scherzo [I] - End
Finale [D] - meas. 136
Finale meas. 192 - 199
Oboe and English Horn
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Oboe:
Brahms - Symphony No. 1
Mvt. 2
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Andantino, Allegro, Vivo
Schubert - Symphony No. 8
Meas. 207 - 224 Andante con Moto
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Mvt. 2 meas. 26-48
English Horn:
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture
Beginning - meas. 4 Andante Sostenuto
Franck - Symphony in D minor
Mvt. 2 meas. 16 - 32 Allegratto
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9
Beginning - [2] Adagio
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
Beginning - meas. 11
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Mvt. 1 25 meas. before [C] to [C]
Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Clarinet:
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Mvt. 1 and Mvt. 3
Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2
Mvt. 3
Brahms - Symphony No. 3
Mvt. 1 and Mvt. 2
Beethoven - Symphony No. 6
Mvt 2 1 meas. before [D] to end of solo (meas. 68-77)
Mvt 1 2 meas. before [K] to end of solo (meas. 474-92)
Bass Clarinet
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7
Mvt. I [1] - 3 meas. after [4]
Tchaikovsky - “Russian Trepak” from Nutcracker
4 meas. before [B] - [C]
Wagner - “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey “ from DieGotterdamerung
5 meas. before [15] - 5 meas. after [15]
Bassoon
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture; beginning
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 3
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Mvt. 2
Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
Mvt. 2
Finale
French Horn
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel
Meas. 6 - 20
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 2 meas. 8 - 28
Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture
Overture Solo 13 meas. after [E]
Brahms - Symphony No. 1
Mvt. 4 [B] - [C]
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
Beginning - meas. 11
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Mvt. 1 25 meas. before [C] to [C]
Trumpet
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration)
Promenade
Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 1
Prelude (original notation in A) Andante Moderato
Stravinsky – Petroushka; Trumpet in B flat
1 meas. before 134 (Allegro)
Schumann - Symphony No. 2
(Original notation in C); Sostenuto assai, Solo beg. - meas. 22
Respighi – Pines of Rome
Il Pini presso una catacomb, in C; 6/4 - meas. 10
Mahler - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 1 beg. - 6 meas. after [1]
Trombone
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Ravel - Bolero
Bizet - Carmen
Mozart - Magic Flute: Aria
Wagner - Tannhauser
Bass Trombone
Solo of applicant's choice
Wagner - Loehngrin
Act 3 Prelude
Wagner - Das Rheingold Scene 4
Entrance of the gods to Vahalla at 3/4 Massig bewegt
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
6/8 Erstes Zeitmas
Rossini - William Tell Overture
(cut-time) Allegro
Tuba
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Brahms - Symphony No. 2
Finale - meas. 353 - 371
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 1 4 meas. after [2] - 5 meas. after [3]
Mvt. 4 6 meas. after [109] - 7 meas. after [11]
Wagner - Der Meistersinger
Overture meas. 158 - 173
Mahler - Symphony No. 1
Mvt. 3 7 meas. after [2] - 5 meas. after [3]
Harp
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique
Mvt. 2 meas. 28 - 36
Mvt. 2 meas. 54 - 66
Mvt. 2 start 11 meas. after Reh. [33] and play to Reh. [35]
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Mvt. 4 Cadenza
Mvt. 5 [S] - 12 meas. after [S]
Verdi - La Forza del Destino
[G] - [H]
[N] - [O]