The Philadelphia Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Acting fourth horn
Application deadline
March 17, 2016
Audition date
April 12–13, 2016
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(Posted on March 13, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Bach—Suite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande
Neuling—Bagatelle
Second horn orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–110
  • Mvt. I: 430–450
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. IV: variation 4
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 17 to 1 after 21
Fourth horn orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 82–100
  • Mvt. III: 107–123
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 13–15
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 16 after A to B
  • Mvt. II: 4 before F to 2 before G
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 4 after 3 to 12
  • 78 to 2 after 79
  • “Heftig bewegt,” 94–98
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Introduction: 33–56
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