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4. Orchestre de Picardie Super-soloist violin

Orchestre de Picardie is recruiting 1 super-soloist violin (out of category).
AUDITION: MONDAY, MAY 26, 2025
The audition will take place at the headquarters of Orchestre de Picardie.
The scores will be sent by email after receipt of the complete application file.

1st round (behind a folding screen)

- MOZART: 1st movement, without cadenza, of one of the following concertos of the candidate's choice (with piano) :
- N°3 KV 216
- N°4 KV 218
- N°5 KV 219

- SCHUMANN : Symphony n°2 : Scherzo, from the beginning to the end of bar 54 (with repeat)

2nd round

-First movement of one of the following concertos of the candidate's choice (with piano) :
- BRAHMS: from beginning to bar 272 + cadenza by J. Joachim + end of movement
- BEETHOVEN: beginning to bar 224 + cadenza by F. Kreisler + end of movement
- TCHAIKOVSKY: beginning to bar 127 + cadenza
- MENDELSSOHN: from beginning to bar 351
- SIBELIUS: beginning to mark [9]

- J.S. BACH: Partita No. 2: Courante and Sarabande (without repeats)

- MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: from the beginning to 7 bars after the letter D (bar 99)

3rd round

Part 1 - Orchestral features :

- PROKOFIEV: Classical Symphony :
- 2nd movement, from the beginning to mark [32].
- 4th movement, from the beginning to 2 bars before marker [52], and from the 3rd bar after [61] to the 3rd bar after [65].

- BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 Op. 73 in D Major: 1st movement, from bar 17 to bar 99

- MOZART: The Magic Flute: Overture: from bar 20 of the Allegro to the end of bar 63

- R. STRAUSS: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: No. 4 ‘Auftritt und Tanz der Schneider’ in full - solo violin part

- GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes: No. VIII: Variazione in modo di Moto perpetuo per Violino - solo violin part

- BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis op. 123: Sanctus Benedictus, from bar 111 to bar 156

- HAYDN: Symphony No. 6: ‘Le Matin’: 2nd movement (Adagio and Andante) - solo violin part

- RAVEL: Ma Mère l'Oye (My Mother Goose): 5 children's pieces:
- n°4 : Les Entretiens de la Belle et la Bête, from mark [6] to 10 bars before the end
- n°5 : Le Jardin Féérique, from mark [2] to 4 bars after mark [3].

Part 2 - Test with orchestra :
- Conducted by the Music Director :
- MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 ‘Italian’: 1st movement from the beginning to bar 209.
- Conducted by :
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings Op. 48: 1st movement, to mark [C]

INFORMATION:
- The bar numbers correspond to the editions of the scores provided by the orchestra after receipt of the complete application file.
- The jury may have to replay certain orchestral passages from previous rounds, and reserves the right to interrupt the candidate's performance at any time.
- For the ‘chair conducting’ orchestral round, the candidate must play and conduct the orchestra from his or her position as 1st chair, leading and directing the work to obtain the best result.