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Playing in is possible from 1 hour before the start of the audition

Audition
Compulsory piece:
A violin concerto by Mozart in G major, A major or D major (1st movement with cadenza (also free choice) and 2nd movement)
Optional piece:
First movement incl. cadenza of one of the following violin concertos: Brahms, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Prokofiev No. 2, Bartok No. 2
Main audition:
1st round (with members of the WDR Symphony Orchestra):
L. v. Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1 in F (1st violin):
First movement: exposition to bar 114 + second movement to bar 26
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Compulsory piece:
A violin concerto by Mozart in G major, A major or D major (1st movement with cadenza (also free choice) and 2nd movement)
Optional piece:
First movement incl. cadenza from one of the following violin concertos: Brahms, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Prokofiev No. 2, Bartok No. 2
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Orchestral passages:
Strauss: Don Juan, bars 1-62
Mozart: Symphony No. 39, 1st movement, bars 26-142
Mozart: Symphony No. 39, 4th movement, bars 1-41
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, 4th movement, bars 1-48
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, 2nd movement, bars 88-103
Wagner: Siegfried 3rd act, 3rd scene, 3 bars before 51 to 16 bars after 52
Schumann: Symphony No. 2, 2nd movement, bars 1-97
Mahler: Symphony No. 5, 1st movement, bars 88-146
Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, bars 17-99
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, 3rd movement, bars 99-114