Section Principal Bassoon
Audition Date Mon 9 November
Application closing date Fri 23 October
Salary: NZ$89,227 per annum
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Solo
- Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, 1st movement exposition and development (cadenza not required)
- Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, 2nd movement (cadenza not required)
Excerpts
- Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Tchaikowsky: Symphony no. 6 - 1st movement opening solo; Finale
- Ravel: Piano Concerto, 3rd movement (play both 1st and 2nd bassoon parts together)
- Stravinsky: Rite of Spring - opening solo
- Mozart: Haffner Symphony - Finale
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 - movts. 4 and 5
- Tchaikowsky: Symphony No. 4 - 2nd movt.
- Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - movts. 4 and 5
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade - 2nd movt. solos
- Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra - movts. 2, 4 and 5
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For further information and how to apply, contact Usha Bhana, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, PO Box 6640, Wellington 6141, New Zealand, Fax: 64-4-801 3978, Phone: 64-4-801 3992, e-mail: auditions@nzso.co.nz
Application form:
http://www.nzso.co.nz/index.php?Action=Page.Link&PageLink=6&ItemLink=271&To=Site%2FFiles%2Fa%2F06cc20404d351cbaa2520fcd0d5adc3%2F49089834464b7f2e52145f2da97a6b44%2FApplication%2520Form%2520.doc
