New Haven Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Second horn
Application deadline
September 15, 2015
Audition date
October 12, 2015
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(Posted on July 12, 2015; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concertos
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Second horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: Trio for 36 bars
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–104
  • Mvt. III: 169–225
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. II: 13–16
  • Mvt. II: 36–38
  • Mvt. II: 36–38
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 13–15
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 55–57
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. III: trio
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 17 to 21
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 17 before O to 3 before P
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 3–6
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–20
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Opening
Fourth horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 87–97
  • Mvt. III: 107–121
Second horn duets to be played with principal horn in the finals
Beethoven—Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭
  • Mvt. I: 45–53
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III, trio
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 4 before 2 to 3
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–20
Possible sight-reading
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