VERBIER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

DOUBLE BASS EXCERPTS

NOTE: This audition must be played in orchestral tuning only. An audition played in solo tuning will result in disqualification. Applicants must be prepared to play the following excerpts straight through with no stops.

• Choose one movement of solo Bach, to be played without repeats• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (four excerpts):

1) Mvt. II – 14 Bars before Reh. F to 4 Bars after Reh. F2) Mvt. II – 13 Bars after Reh. G to 8 Bars after Reh. H3) Mvt. IV – Bar 56 to Bar 1154) Mvt. IV – Pickups to Bar 766 to Bar 777

• Strauss: Ein Heldenleben – Reh. #77 to Reh. #78• Wagner: Die Walküre, Act I – Reh. #17 to 2 Bars after Reh. #18

(All orchestral excerpts are available on the following pages of this document)

AUDITION INFORMATION

• The tuning pitch of the Verbier Festival Orchestra is A = 442 Hz.• All auditions, whether live or recorded, are unaccompanied, and therefore no piano should

be used.• For video applicants, you MUST read all of the video guidelines in the “VFO Application

Guidelines” document, available on the Verbier Festival page of the GetAcceptd website, before starting your application or making your video.

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (FOUR EXCERPTS):

1) Mvt. II – 14 Bars before Reh. F to 4 Bars after Reh. F

2) Mvt. II – 13 Bars after Reh. G to 8 Bars after Reh. H

3) Mvt. IV – Bar 56 to Bar 115

4) Mvt. IV – Pickups to Bar 766 to Bar 777

STRAUSS: EIN HELDENLEBEN – REH. #77 TO REH. #78

WAGNER: DIE WALKÜRE, ACT I – REH. #17 TO 2 BARS AFTER REH. #18 (SOLO)