Virginia Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Fourth horn
Application deadline
June 3, 2016
Audition date
June 17–18, 2016
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$29,638.33 per year
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(Posted on April 12, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Bach solo
Bach—Suite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande
One of the following solos
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. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–102
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: Trio
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: variation 4
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: A to 4 before C
Fourth horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 83–99
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 159–215
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. I: 16–27
  • Mvt. III: 6 before 3 to 8 before 4
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 13–15
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 29–31
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 Quixote
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 3–5
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–20
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Entry of the Gods into Valhalla: 33–54
Section playing, third horn part
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 6 to 13 after 6
Section playing, fourth horn part
Liszt—Les Préludes
  • 70–86
Weber—Der Freischütz
  • Overture: 1–25
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