San Antonio Philharmonic

Section Cello Audition Repertoire

Solo repertoire:
First movement of a standard concerto

Bach: Prelude from Suite No. 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6

Orchestral excerpts:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement – mm. 1–10, mm. 49–59, mm. 98–106; 3rd movement – mm. 1–18, mm. 140–214

Brahms: Symphony No. 2, 2nd movement – mm. 1–16

Debussy: La Mer – 2 bars before rehearsal # 9 to 7 bars after rehearsal # 9 (top line of divisi)

Mahler: Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement – 12 bars after rehearsal # 11 to 8 bars after rehearsal # 12

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo – letter N to letter O (mm. 297–323)

Mozart: Symphony No. 35, 4th movement – mm. 134–181

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, 4th movement – rehearsal # 79 to rehearsal # 80 (top line of divisi)

Smetana: The Bartered Bride – beginning to downbeat of 5 after letter A

Strauss: Don Juan – beginning to letter D

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, 2nd movement – mm. 1–16; 3rd movement – mm. 37–51

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps – rehearsal # 104 to 1 bar before rehearsal # 114, rehearsal # 142 to rehearsal # 149