Orchestra
Highly qualified applicants should send their application via the application form on the website.
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: 12 August 2021
Audition: 23/24 September 2021
Violoncello tutti
Required Pieces:
Haydn. Cello Concerto D Major, 1st and 2nd movement
Dvořák or Schumann. Cello Concerto 1st and 2nd movement
Schubert. Sonata Arpeggione 2nd movement
Application deadline: 26 August 2021
Audition: 6/7 October 2021
Principal Horn
Required pieces:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 E flat major KV 495
Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No 1 E flat major op 11
Application deadline: 2 September 2021
Audition: 14 October 2021
Double bass tutti
Required pieces: Classical Concerto free choice. One more work free choice (not classical)
Deadline: 9 September 2021
Audition: 21/22 October 2021
Low Horn
Required Pieces:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 E flat major K. 447
Hermann Neuling Bagatelle
Application deadline: 28 October 2021
Audition: 9/10 December 2021
High Horn
Required pieces:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 E flat major KV 495
Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No 1 E flat major op 11
Application Deadline: 8 December 2021
Audition: 20/21 January 2022
Violin tutti (5)
Required pieces: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A violin concerto (At one’s own option from 1 – 5) and a violin concerto of your choice
Application deadline: 15 December 2021
Audition: 26/27 January 2022
1st Principal Viola
Required pieces: Concerto for Viola by Hoffmeister or Stamitz; Concerto by Bartók, Walton or Hindemith; Strauss. Don Quixote
Application Deadline: 29 December 2021
Audition: 10/11 February 2022
2nd Trumpet
The required pieces will be announced soon
Application Deadline: 19. January 2022
Audition: 3./4. March 2022
Bassoon (2nd)
Required pieces:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bassoon concerto B flat major K.191
One more piece will be announced soon
Application deadline: 17 March 2022
Audition: 25/26 April 2022
Principal Timpani
The required pieces will be announced soon
Application Deadline: 31. March 2022
Audition: 12./13. May 2022
1st Concertmaster
Required pieces: Mozart Concerto K.218 (D major) or K.219 (A major), Beethoven or Brahms Concerto
Application deadline: 5 May 2022
Audition: 16/17 June 2022