Phoenix Symphony horn audition

Audition information
Position
Second horn
Application deadline
March 28, 2016
Audition date
April 11, 2016
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(Posted on February 3, 2016; last updated about 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mvt. I
Second horn excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Trio II: 1–32
Beethoven—Fidelio
  • Overture: 45–55
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III, Trio: 171 to the second ending
  • Mvt. IV: 433–end
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 86–110
  • Mvt. II: 115–135
  • Mvt. III: 153–238
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 42–78
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 6 to 13 after 6
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. II: 12–16
  • Mvt. II: 36–41
  • Mvt. III: 41–76
  • Mvt. IV: 65–80
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 4 before 2 to 1 after 3
  • Mvt. I: 25–end
  • Mvt. II: 4 after 13 to 4 before 16
  • Mvt. III: 4 after 13 to 15
  • Mvt. IV: 8 before 52 to the end
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Andante: 1–9
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 17 to 1 after 21
  • Mvt. I: 36 to 4 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 19 after N to P
  • 2 before Y to 7 after Z
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Introduction
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–20
  • Mvt. I: 169–201
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Vorspiel
  • Scene I: 35–90
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act 3
Possible ensemble playing with section
Sight-reading
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