Per Questa for an audition solo?

Wow that's a tough call. Play the one you can play better. However, I would call the personnel manager and have them run it by the audition committee.

 

I think that you would be disadvantaging yourself. If you have the Koussevitzky prepared, play it. If they ask for a concerto, play a concerto.

 

For orchestral auditions, it's best to play the ordinary repertoire for the pieces you get to pick.

 

If they ask for a concerto, then play a concerto. End of story. 90% of American auditions call for first movement of a major concerto and/ or some Bach. Accordingly, it's always good to have both up and running if you're taking auditions.

BTW, cheers for working up the Mozart.

 

Play the Koussevitzsky. The Mozart is a duet; the bass part shouldn't be played as an audition piece without the vocal part.

 

Check out the NY Phil principal audition list.

 

If you are interested to get a job, respect regulation first. If regulations indicates the concerto, do not play a dueto. Even if it´s remarcable, fabulous and sounds extraordinary.

Show your respect first
In auditions the program is always secondary thing. Perfect intonation and sense of rythm are crucial. In some strange situatiuons also sound is important, but every child knows, that sound depends mostly from the quality of instrument, so it is rather not to consider.

Play Koussevitzky.

 

Sound is highly individual, other than that I agree. But it's a common mistake to put sound as fully dependent on the instrument, in my opinion.

 

Are you allowed to play per questa and no other solo? It would seem silly to allow people to play one part from a duet as their solo. It doesn't show the same skill as playing a concerto, because the sense of intuitive dialogue with those you're playing with is different. But that's just my opinion.

Re: NY Phil audition list--I looked at this list and didn't see per questa listed under "Solos," but instead under "Orchestra Repertoire Solos." Very different! I don't think the committee would allow for a candidate to replace a concerto they've required with per questa; they've listed them under different categories, for one thing.

 

Marab,

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But if you hadn't prepared it, it would have been asked!

 

It is not a concerto.