Principal Viola and Co-Principal Viola equally share leading the section. When starting in the SSO, there is a mandatory trial period of 6 months.
Pflichtstücke
CONCERTOS Hoffmeister: Concerto in D-dur (1st mvmt.+Cadence) or Stamitz: Concerto in D-dur (1st mvmt+Cadence) --- Bartok: Concerto 1st movement or Walton: Concerto 1st movement or Hindemith: “Der Schwanendreher” Concerto 1st movement.
One Movement of candidates own choice from J.S. Bach: 6 Cello Suites
Solo excerpts: Ravel: Mother Goose 5th Movement Strauss: Don Quixote Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No.1
Tutti excerpts: Beethoven: Symphony No.5 2nd movement Mendelssohn: Sommernachtstraum Scherzo Strauss: Don Juan Grieg: Morgenstemning Mahler: Symphony No.10
Chamber music round: Mozart: Divertimento KV 563 (1st movement, without repeats)