Orchestra
Highly qualified applicants should send their application via the application form on the website.
1st Principal Viola
Required pieces: Bratschenkonzerte von Hoffmeister oder Stamitz; wahlweise Bartók, Walton oder Hindemith. Strauss. Don Quixote
Application Deadline: 31 July 2020
Audition: 17/18 September 2020
High clarinet
(German system)
Required pieces:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet concerto A major KV 622
Johann Melchior Molter Clarinet concerto A major for high clarinet
Application deadline: 13 August 2020
Audition: 24/25 September 2020
Principal Trumpet
Required pieces:
Haydn. Concerto in E-flat major (German B-flat trumpet)
Hindemith. Sonata for trumpet and piano, 1st movement (German B-flat trumpet)
Application deadline: 20 August 2020
Audition: 8/9 October 2020
Bass clarinet
(German system)
Required pieces:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet concerto A major KV 622
Louis Spohr Clarinet concerto No. 2 E-flat major op 57 (Adagio)
Application deadline: 10 September 2020
Audition: 22/23 October 2020
Low Horn
Required Pieces:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 E flat major K. 447
Hermann Neuling Bagatelle
Application Deadline: 31 December 2020
Audition: 11/12 February 2021
Double bass tutti
Required pieces: Classical Concerto free choice. One more work free choice (not classical)
Deadline: 4 March 2021
Audition: 15/16 April 2021
1st Concertmaster (starting 2021/22)
Required pieces: Mozart. Konzert D-Dur KV 218 oder Konzert A-Dur KV 219; Violinkonzerte von Beethoven oder Brahms. The candidates shall be advised of the orchestral excerpts upon invitation.
Application deadline: 29 April 2021
Audition: 10/11 June 2021