As the orchestra of the Tiroler Landestheater, the TSOI takes part in the theatre's musical theatre productions, from opera and ballet to musicals. The fixed components of the annual concert programme include eight symphony concerts, New Year's concerts in Tyrol and other special concerts. The orchestra musicians present themselves in a variety of ways in a comprehensive music education programme and their own chamber music series.
The viola section is completed by a solo viola, a deputy solo viola, a deputy principal viola and five tutti positions.
mandatory pieces
Stamitz Concerto in D major OR F.A. Hoffmeister Concerto in D major 1st movement each
optional pieces
a large concerto (Walton, Bartok, Hindemith), 1st movement each
orchestral excerpts
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 2nd movement lit. I to L Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream 8 bars after lit B to lit O Mozart: Magic Flute, overture bars 27 to 51 Strauss: Don Juan, beginning to 17 bars after lit C Smetana: The Bartered Bride, overture beginning to bar 111 Solo parts: Weber: Freischütz, Act 3 No. 13, Romance and Aria Strauss: Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, 6 bars before figure 15 to 5 bars after figure 16
