Pacific Symphony horn audition

Audition information
Position
Third horn
Application deadline
August 14, 2016
Audition date
September 14, 2016
Payment
$53,670 per year
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(Posted on July 8, 2016; last updated almost 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solos
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 3
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mvt. I
Strauss—Horn Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. I
Third horn orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 188–198
  • Mvt. II: 159–215
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 83–109
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 48–67
  • Mvt. II: 181–223
  • Mvt. III: 74–94
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1
  • Death of Tybalt: 81–end
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 46–49
  • Mvt. VII: 59–60
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: 7 after M to 15 after N
  • Mvt. I: Q to 2 after S
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 13 before 29 to 30
  • 37–38
Wagner—Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rheinfahrt
  • “Allegro” after short call to 31
First horn orchestral excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: final trio
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–101
  • Mvt. I: 428–end
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 45–78
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Scherzo, obligato part
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Nocturne
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 25–26
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