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Double Bass Audition Excerpts

The document provides excerpts for double bass players auditioning for the 2024 Verbier Festival Orchestra. It lists required pieces including movements from Bach, Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Brahms' Symphony No. 1, and Mozart's Symphony No. 35. Guidelines specify that auditions must be played in orchestral tuning without accompaniment and that applicants must read the application guidelines on the festival's website. Full excerpts are provided from the listed works.

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Double Bass Audition Excerpts

The document provides excerpts for double bass players auditioning for the 2024 Verbier Festival Orchestra. It lists required pieces including movements from Bach, Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Brahms' Symphony No. 1, and Mozart's Symphony No. 35. Guidelines specify that auditions must be played in orchestral tuning without accompaniment and that applicants must read the application guidelines on the festival's website. Full excerpts are provided from the listed works.

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VERBIER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA 2024

DOUBLE BASS EXCERPTS


Note: This audition must be played in orchestral tuning only.

• Choose one movement of solo Bach, to be played without repeats

• Strauss: Ein Heldenleben – Reh #9 to Reh #11

• Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Mvt I – Beginning until 17 measures after Reh 1

• Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Mvt II – Measures 46-60

• Mozart: Symphony No. 35:

o Mvt I – Beginning to Reh B

o Mvt IV – Measures 134-197

All orchestral excerpts are available on the following pages of this document.

GUIDELINES
• All applicants MUST read the Application Guidelines published at https://app.getacceptd.com/verbierfestival
before starting an application or creating an audition video.

• The tuning pitch of the Verbier Festival Orchestra is A=442 Hz.

• All auditions are unaccompanied, and therefore no piano should be used.


STRAUSS: EIN HELDENLEBEN – REH #9 TO REH #11

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MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 2, MVT I – BEGINNING UNTIL 17 MEASURES AFTER REH 1

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BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO. 1, MVT II – MEASURES 46-60

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MOZART: SYMPHONY NO. 35 (TWO EXCERPTS)

MVT I – BEGINNING TO REH B

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MVT IV – MEASURES 134-197

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