Chief conductor Martin Fröst
Has a vacancy for Trumpet Principal – full time
with obligation to play natural and German system trumpet
from November 2023 or as agreed
The Swedish Chamber Orchestra is a full-time ensemble of 39 players based in the city of Örebro (two hours west of Stockholm by car or by train). The orchestra has its home in the Örebro Concert Hall, where each member of the orchestra has a private practice room. The orchestra gives some 90 concerts a year including national and international touring (Lincoln Center, BBC Proms, Salzburger Festspiele, Europe and Japan etc). The orchestra records for BIS, Hyperion, SIMAX, Chandos, SONY etc.
The audition will take place in Örebro Concert Hall, Sweden on 22nd of August 2023
Audition 1st round
The repertoire for the first round will be:
| Enescu | Légende (Ed. Enoch) |
|---|
Orchestral excerpts
| Stravinsky | Pulcinella: Toccata |
|---|---|
| Fig. 98 – 104 | |
| Fig. 107 – six bars after Fig. 108 | |
| Four bars before Fig. 117 – End | |
| Brahms | Symphony No 2 (German trumpet) |
| 1st mvnt bar 282 – 298 | |
| 4th mvnt bar 382 – End |
Audition repertoire for 2nd and 3rd rounds
| Haydn | Concerto in E flat major Hob. VIIe/1 (Bb trumpet) |
|---|---|
| 1st mvnt (whole movement with cadenza) | |
| Viviani | Sonata prima (Baroque trumpet) |
| 1st mvnt Andante |
Orchestral excerpts
| Bach | Christmas Oratorio (Piccolo or Baroque trumpet) |
|---|---|
| No. 64 Choral: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen | |
| Bach | Mass in B minor (Piccolo or Baroque trumpet) |
| Credo (Symbolum Nicenum): bar 29 – 47 | |
| Mozart | Symphony No 38 (Baroque trumpet) |
| 3rd mvnt: bar 307 – End | |
| Beethoven | Leonore Ouverture No 2, op 72 (Baroque trumpet) |
| bar 392 – 411 | |
| Beethoven | Leonore Ouverture No 3, op 72 (Baroque trumpet) |
| 21 bars after D – to Fig. E | |
| Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 1 op 15 (Baroque trumpet) |
| 1st mvnt: bar 90 – 106 | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 5 (Baroque trumpet) |
| 2nd mvnt: bar 147 – 158 | |
| 4th mvnt: beginning until bar 22 | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 7 (Baroque trumpet) |
| 1st mvnt: bar 409 – End | |
| 3rd mvnt: bar 211 – 288 | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 9 (Baroque trumpet) |
| 4th mvnt: Allegro assai – poco Adagio – Presto | |
| Schumann | Symphony No 2 (Baroque trumpet) |
| 1st mvnt: beginning until bar 25 | |
| Verdi | Un ballo in Maschera: Solo from Act 3 |
| Ravel | Piano Concerto in G |
| 1st mvnt: five bars before Fig. 2 – to Fig. 3, Fig. 4 – End | |
| R. Strauss | Der Bürger als Edelmann op 60 (German trumpet) |
| No. 3 Der Fechtmeister: bar 5 – five bars before Fig. 38 | |
| No. 9 Das Diner: five bars after Fig. 110 – one bar after Fig. 115 | |
| Schönberg | Chamber Symphony No 2 op 38: bar 378 – 423 |
| Shostakovich | Piano Concerto No 1 op 35 |
| 1st mvnt: Fig. 10 – three bars after Fig. 11 | |
| 2nd mvnt: Fig. 34 – 36 | |
| 3rd mvnt: two bars after Fig. 63 – two bars after Fig. 66 |
Sheet music
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Click here for Repertoire List (pdf)
Click here for the Orchestral Excerpts
Application
Please send your application with CV latest 17th of July to:
audition@orebrokonserthus.com
We require only CV – no special form or document is required for the application.
Artistic manager: Gregor Zubicky +46 (0)704 91 24 27
Union representative: Marcus Carlsson +46 (0)709 76 01 85
This page was last updated on 2023-05-25