Principal and Asst Principal Bass Repertoire List 1

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PRINCIPAL BASS and ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BASS

FEBRUARY 25-26, 2024

SOLO REPERTOIRE

Bach One movement from any Bach Cello Suite

The first movement from a standard double bass concerto

ORCHESTRAL SOLOS

Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes Variation XI

Haydn Symphony No. 31 in D major Mvt. IV Finale: Variation 7 (with repeats)

Mahler Symphony No.1 in D minor Solo from Mvt. III

Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Mvt. II “Romance”

Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Mvt. VII “Vivo” (solo line)

ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS

Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Mvt. I: mm. 22 – 58

Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Mvt. III

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Mvt. IV: Recitative (mm. 8 – 90)


Ode (mm. 92 – beat 1 of 164)

Bernstein Symphonic Dances from Mvt. VII Cool Fugue: mm. 644 – 686
West Side Story (LO to provide)

Brahms Symphony No. 2 Mvt. I: [E] – [F]


Mvt. IV: 8 before [L] – [M]

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 Mvt. IV: mm. 34 – 53; mm. 166 – 180

Mahler Symphony No. 2 Mvt. 1: Beginning – [2]

Mozart Symphony No. 35 Mvt. IV

Mozart Symphony No. 40 Mvt. I: 20 before [C] – 5 after [C]

Mvt IV: 22 before [A] – [A]

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 Mvt. I: [22] – 4 after [26]

R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben [9] – [11]; 2 before [61] – 1 after [63]

Sight-reading and/or section playing may be asked for in the final round.
The Audition Committee reserves the right to immediately dismiss from the audition any candidates who do not
exhibit the highest professional performance level at these auditions.
The Louisville Orchestra tunes to A=440

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