Section Cello Audition Repertoire List Spring 2025
I. SOLO REPERTOIRE
1. First movement from a standard concerto of the candidate’s choosing (Haydn or Dvořák preferred)
2. Prelude from any of the Bach Cello Suites
II. ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Mvt. II – Beginning - m. 10
mm. 49-59
mm. 98-106
Mvt. III – Beginning - m. 18
mm. 140-218
Brahms Symphony No. 3 Mvt. III – Beginning - B
Brahms Symphony No. 4 Mvt. II - C - m. 55
Mvt. IV – B - D
Mahler Symphony No. 5 Part I, Mvt. II – 12 mm. after 11 - 4 m. after 13
Part III, Mvt. V – pickup to 2 - 3 m. before 3
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, incidental music Scherzo – N - O
Mozart Symphony No. 35 (“Haffner”) Mvt. IV – mm. 134-181
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 Mvt. IV – 79 - 80 (upper divisi)
Schubert Symphony No. 9 (“The Great”) Mvt. III – Beginning - m. 56
Mvt. IV – Beginning - m. 36
Strauss Don Juan Beginning - 5 m. before D
Verdi Requiem Beginning - m. 34
Any bowings in the provided parts are suggested, not required.
Sight-reading may be required.
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra tunes to A=441.