Baltimore Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Fourth horn
Application deadline
August 10, 2015
Payment
$76,524 per year
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(Posted on July 6, 2015; last updated almost 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concertos
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 3
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
Solo
Bach—Suite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande
Second horn orchestral excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Trio
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Trio
  • Mvt. IV: 433–end
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–110
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III, trio
Brahms—Tragic Overture
  • 320–358
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Adagio
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. I: opening
Fourth horn orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 82–99
  • Mvt. III: 108–123
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 160–239
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 25–27
  • Mvt. II: 26–27
  • Mvt. III: 13–15
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after 46 to 5 after 46
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 55 to 57
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: A–B
  • Mvt. II: 4 before F to 2 before G
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 17–21
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 19 after N to 1 after P
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 5 before 4 to 5 after 12
  • 1 before 78 to 2 after 79
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Opening
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Opening
Weber—Der Freischütz
  • Opening
Second horn section playing
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. II: trio
Fourth horn section playing
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Tutti horn calls
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Opening
Weber—Der Freischütz
  • Opening quartet
Possible sight-reading
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