The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is looking for a principal double bass, starting July 1, 2023.

Please submit your application including CV latest March 15, 2023 here on Muvac. The audition will take place at Konserthuset Stockholm, April 28, 2023, after personal invitation. Orchestral and ensemble excerpts will be sent out with the invitation.

• Audition – April 28, 2023 • 08:00
  Konserthuset Stockholm
  Hötorget 8
  11157 Stockholm (Sweden)
  Notes: Entrance through the stage entrance: https://goo.gl/maps/QwhaTvcAkysVANhW8
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One of the following two concertos:

1a. Dittersdorf Double Bass Concerto No. 2, Krebs 172, D-Major, Mvt I. with a cadenza of your choice and either the original or the Tischer-Zeitz version of the concerto.

or

1b. Vanhal Double Bass Concerto D-major (alt. C-major), Mvt. I with a cadenza of your choice

and one of the following two:

2a. Bottesini Double Bass Concerto No. 2 A-minor, Mvt. I and II with cadenzas

or

2b. Koussevitzky Double Bass Concert Op. 3, Mvt. I and II

1. Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Mvt. III, bars 51–69, 81–127, 151–163

2. Beethoven Symphony No. 7, Mvt. I, bars 78–88, 93–112, 184–217

3. Mozart Symphony No. 40, Mvt. I, bars 114–138, 191–217

4. Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Mvt. IV, bars 131–153

5. Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1, Mvt. III, figure 73–74, 75–76

6. Strauss, R. Ein Heldenleben, number 9–11

7. Bruckner Symphony No. 6, Mvt. I, bars 81–86, 269–274

8. Nielsen Symphony No. 5, Mvt. II, bars 496–554

9. Schubert Symphony No. 9, Mvt. IV, bars 703–741, 861–892

10. Brahms Symphony No. 1, Mvt. I, bars 161–189

11. Berwald Symphony No. 1, Mvt. I, number 7–8

12. Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, Mvt. I, two bars after figure 23 up to four bars after figure 26

13. Haydn Symphony No. 31, Mvt. IV Var. 7, the solo in the first 16 bars without repeats

14. Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Mvt. II, figure 15–16 and bar 5–6 of figure 25

15. Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, Mvt. VII, entire movement without repeat.

Ensemble excerpts may be added at a later stage.