Chief conductor Martin Fröst
Has a vacancy for Principal oboe, 100%
Date of employment 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). 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, Sony Classics, Naxos, Hyperion, SIMAX, Chandos etc.
The audition will take place in Örebro Concert Hall, Sweden, on 4th of October, 2024.
The repertoire for the first round will be:
Audition 1st round
1. Solo repertoire
| Mozart | Oboe concerto K 314 |
|---|---|
| 1st movt, bar 26-98 plus cadenza |
2. Orchestral excerpts
| Ravel | Le Tombeau de Couperin |
|---|---|
| 1st movt | |
| Beethoven | Fidelio, Zweiter Aufzug: No 11 Arie des Florestan |
Audition 2nd round
1. Solo repertoire
| Schumann | Romanze No 2 op 94 from Drei Romanzen |
|---|
2. Orchestral excerpts
| Stravinskij | Pulcinella Suite |
|---|---|
| 2nd movt | |
| Tjajkovskij | Symphony No 4 in f minor |
| 2nd & 3rd movt | |
| Brahms | Violin concerto in D major op 77 |
| 2nd movt | |
| Schubert | Symphony No 7 in b minor D 759 |
| 2nd movt | |
| Schubert | Symphony No 8 in C major D 944 |
| 2nd movt | |
| Brahms | Symphony No 1 in c minor op 68 |
| 1st & 2nd movt | |
| Schumann | Symphony No 2 in C major op 61 |
| 3rd movt | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 3 in Eb major op 55 |
| 2nd & 4th movt | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 7 in A major op 92 |
| 1st & 2nd movt |
Audition 3rd round
Ensemble repertoire
| Nielsen | Wind Quintet op 43 |
|---|---|
| 1st and 2nd movt | |
| Mozart | Quartet No 30 in F major K 370 |
| 1st and 2nd movt |
Orchestral excerpts and ensemble repertoire can be found via the links below. NOTE: The orchestral excerpts may be used for the audition only and may not be reproduced for any other purposes. Please send your application with CV by e-mail by 2nd of September 2024 at 8:00 am CET. No special form for the application is needed. Applicants for the audition will get a personal invitation.
Sheet music
Click here to see this advertisment as a pdf
Click here for Repertoire List (pdf)
Click here for the Orchestral Excerpts
Click here for the Ensemble Repertoire
Application
Please send your application to audition@orebrokonserthus.com
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 2024-06-03