AUDITION FOR A PRINCIPAL CELLO — 1 VACANCY, CATEGORY 1
AUDITIONS TO BE HELD: Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 at 9:00 A.M.
SALLE LES ARLUCS, 24/26 AVENUE DES ARLUCS, 06150 CANNES LA BOCCA, FRANCE
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, February 27th, 2023
Please send your complet file by email to Elena Gallo elena.gallo@orchestre-cannes.com
ATTENTION:
All incomplete applications will be discarded.
FIRST ROUND (BEHIND SCREEN)
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven: Symphonie n°5 – 2nd movement, 4 excerpts (from the beginning to 10 / bar 48 à 59 / bar 98 à 106 / bar 114 à 123)
Brahms : Variations sur un thème de Haydn - variation V
Verdi: Rigoletto - n°9: violoncello solo (from 27 to the end of n°9)
Applicant’s choice
Bach J-S: Suite n°4: Sarabande without repeat OR Courante with repeat OR Gigue with repeat
2nd ROUND (BEHIND SCREEN - WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT LA 442 HZ)
Applicant’s choice
Haydn : Concerto pour violoncelle en ré Majeur – 1st movement without cadenza
Schubert: Arpeggione sonata – 1st movement without repeat
Orchestral excerpts
Mendelssohn: Ouverture des Hébrides (from the beginning to 33)
Rossini: Guillaume Tell, ouverture – violoncello solo (from the beginning to 48)
3RD ROUND (SCREEN AT THE DISCRETION OF THE JURY)
Orchestral excerpts
Mozart: Symphonie n°41 – 4th movement (from 293 to the end, without repeat)
Brahms: Symphonie n° 2 – 2nd movement (from the beginning to 17)
Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum – Scherzo, 3 excerpts (from 70 to 93 / from 115 to 129 / from 296 to 323)
Debussy: La Mer – 1st movement, 2 excerpts
Tchaikovsky: Symphonie n°6 – 2nd movement (from the beginning to 16 (with repeat)
Brahms: Concerto pour piano n°2 – 3rd movement, 3 excerpts – violoncello solo
FINAL ROUND (WITHOUT SCREEN)
Richard Strauss : Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, extrait du n° 9 – violoncello solo (from 84 to 89)
With string trio of the orchestra
Beethoven: Trio op. 9 – n° III, 2ème movement (from 33 to the end)
With string orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings op. 48: 1st movement (from A to C), Valse (from the beginning to E), Élégie (from the beginning to 2nd bar of B)