Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música Double Bass

(extra work / substitutes)
Date: Friday, 20 June 2025

These auditions are organized to establish a list of supplementary musicians who can reinforce and cover the specific needs of various projects at the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música. The auditions have a prospective/indicative nature and the Casa da Música Foundation reserves itself the right not to engage any of the candidates present in the audition, regardless of their classification

Invitation of selected candidates: 11 June 2025

Location: Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal (Av. da Boavista, 604-610, 4149-071 Porto)

Check-in opens at 09:00, audition starts at 10:00

Presentation order will be defined by draw. Candidates must be accompanied by an identification document.

Jury
Members of Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música

Programme

Single round:

K. Dittersdorf: Double bass Concerto, 1st Movement [without Cadenza]
or
J. B. Vanhal: Double bass Concerto,1st Movement [without Cadenza]
+
Orchestral excerpts
W. A. Mozart: Symphony Nr. 40 - 1st Mov. [b. 114 - b. 134] + [b. 191 - b. 221]
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony Nr. 5 - 3rd Mov. [beginning - b. 100 + trio: b. 137 – b. 218]
L. v. Beethoven:
Symphony Nr. 9, 4th Movement [recitativo: b. 8 – b. 90]
R. Strauss: ‘Ein Heldenleben’, [from 4th b. before 2 – 4th b. after 79]