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Violin • Viola • Cello • Double Bass
Violin
Solo
Mvt. 1 exposition of one of the following concerti (with no cadenza):
- Brahms Concerto
- Dvořák Concerto
- Bruch Concerto No. 1
- Mendelssohn Concerto
- Mozart Concerto No. 4 (K. 218)
- Mozart Concerto No. 5 (K. 219)
- Prokofiev Concerto No. 2
- Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 3
- Sibelius Concerto
- Tchaikovsky Concerto
*A concerto of equal scope may be substituted with prior permission from the NOI office.
Orchestral Excerpts
- Brahms Symphony No. 4: movement 4, m.33 to Rehearsal D
- Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo, beginning to 7 mm. after Rehearsal D
- Strauss Don Juan: beginning to 13 mm. after Rehearsal C (first page)
- Price Symphony no. 3: movement 3, Juba. Allegro, opening to mm. 17
Viola
Solo
Mvt. 1 exposition of one of the following concerti*:
- Bartók Concerto
- Bloch Suite (1919)
- Hindemith Der Schwanendreher
- Stamitz Concerto
- Walton Concerto
*A concerto of equal scope may be substituted with prior permission from the NOI office.
Excerpts
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6: mvt. 1, mm. 19-62
- Mendelssohn Scherzo: beginning to D
- Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes, Var. 5, reh 32 to reh 35
- Strauss Don Juan: beginning to 9 measures after Rehearsal B
Cello
Solos
Mvt. 1 exposition of one of the following concertos*:
- Dvořák Concerto
- Elgar Concerto
- Haydn Concerto No. 1 in C Major
- Haydn Concerto No. 2 in D Major
- Schumann Concerto
- Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
*A concerto of equal scope my be substituted with prior permission from the NOI office.
Excerpts
- Brahms Symphony No. 2, movement 2: beginning to Rehearsal A
- Mozart Symphony No. 35, movement 4: mm. 134 to Rehearsal E
- Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes: Variation 1. Tema per Violoncello and Arpa
- Strauss Ein Heldenleben: beginning to 5 mm. after #2
Please note: There is a misprinted note in the Mozart excerpt. In the fourth bar of the excerpt, the very last note is misprinted as an A, while the correct note is an F#. We will accept either version (F# or A) for this audition and update our excerpt edition in the following year. Thank you.
Double Bass
Solos
First movement of one of the following concertos* (in orchestra tuning):
- Bottesini Concerto No. 2 (beginning to m. 58)
- Dittersdorf Concerto No. 2 (beginning to m. 98)
- Koussevitzky Concerto (beginning to m. 77)
- Vanhal Concerto (beginning to m. 83)
*A concerto of equal scope my be substituted with prior permission from the NOI office.
Excerpts
- Beethoven Symphony No. 5, movement 3: beginning to 5 mm. after Rehearsal A
- Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes mvt. XI bass solo, reh. 65 to 3 after reh. 67
- Brahms Symphony No. 1, movement 1: 4 mm. before Rehearsal E to the 2nd ending
- Strauss Ein Heldenleben: #9 to 6 mm. after #12