What is a violin solo that will get you first chair in orchestra?

Here are a few violin solos that are often chosen for first chair auditions:

- Bach: Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, first movement

- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, first movement

- Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, first movement

- Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61, first movement

- Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22, first movement

- Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21, first movement

- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, first movement