Oslo Philharmonic with chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä is searching for two principal bassoons and are inviting highly qualified candidates to apply.

The principal is the section leader and does not have tutti duty. The co-principal has tutti duty and leads the section when the principal is absent.

For more information about our orchestra, please visit our website, ofo.no or our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@OsloPhilharmonic

Questions regarding these positions or the audition process to anders.brasetvik@ofo.no

• Audition – April 16, 2023 • 10:00
  Oslo Konserthus
  Munkedamsveien 14
  0115 Oslo (Norway)
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• Mozart: Bassoon Concerto
• Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata

Invited candidates will be provided a PDF with orchestra excerpts.

The PDF will contain the following:

BARTOK

Concerto for Orchestra

II. Giuoco delle coppie (Game of the couples), mm. 8 - 24 and mm. 164 - 180

BEETHOVEN   

Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major

IV. Allegro ma non troppo, mm. 15 - 25, mm. 184 - 190 and mm.350 - end.

Violin concerto in D major

II. Larghetto, mm. 20 - 30

III. Rondo. Allegro, mm. 134 - 158

BERLIOZ         

Symphonie fantastique

V. "Songe d'un nuit de sabbat" (Dream of a Witch's Sabbath), mm. 447 - 467

BRAHMS         

Symphony No. 4

II. Andante moderato, mm. 2 - 51

MOZART         

The Marriage of Figaro           

mm. 139 - 171

Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”

I. Allegro vivace

mm. 62 - 71, mm. 105 - 111, mm. 131 - 133, mm. 184 - 189, mm. 216 - 219, mm. 249 - 253, mm. 260 - 263 and mm. 297 - 299

RAVEL           

Alborada del gracioso

reh. 9 - 12

Bolero 

reh. 2 - 3

Piano Concerto in G major

I. Allegramente, reh. 9 - 10

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV   

Scheherazade

II. "The Kalendar Prince", mm. 5 - reh A and bar 2 reh. L - reh. M

ROSSINI

The Barber of Seville, Ouverture

mm. 189 - 197

The Thieving Magpie, Ouverture

mm. 188 - 195

SHOSTAKOVICH         

Symphony No. 9

IV. Largo & V. Allegretto, bar 10 of IV - bar 27 of V

STRAVINSKY  

The Rite of Spring

Part One: The Adoration of the Earth (Introduction), mm. 1 - 15 and reh. 12 - bar 4 reh. 12

The Firebird

"Berceuse", reh. 183 - 187

Pulcinella

Gavotta (con due variazoni): Variation IIa, reh. 81 - 2nd ending after reh. 84

TCHAIKOVSKY            

Symphony No. 4

I. Andante sostenuto—Moderato con anima, mm. 104 - 114 and mm. 294 - 300

II. Andantino in modo di canzona, mm. 274 - end

Symphony No. 5

I. Andante—Allegro con anima, Reh. Q/16 - to bar 13 of Reh. Q/16

II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza           , bar 6 of Moderato con anima - to bar 4 of Reh. E/32

III. Valse: Allegro moderato, bar 5 of Reh. A/38 - to bar 18 of Reh. D/41

Symphony No. 6

I. Adagio—Allegro non troppo, mm. 1 - 12

TVEITT

Folkstunes from Hardanger

O be Ye most heartily welcome, mm. 3 - reh. A

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