Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra oboe audition

Audition information
Position
Principal oboe
Application deadline
September 13, 2013
Audition date
November 4 through December 2, 2013
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(Posted on August 2, 2013; last updated over 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo (first movement only from either of the following options)
Mozart—Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
Strauss—Oboe Concerto
Orchestral Excerpts
Adams—Doctor Atomic Symphony
  • O1–P1
Bach—Cantata BWV 140 (“Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”)
  • “Mein Freund ist mein”: 1–16
Barber—Symphony No. 1
  • 7 before 34 to 36
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 8–A
  • Mvt. II: 37–47
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. II: E–F
Bizet—Symphony No. 1 in C major
  • Mvt. II, Adagio: 1–2
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 29–33
  • Mvt. II: 17–23
  • Mvt. II: 38–43
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 17–18
  • Mvt. III: 7 after 54 to 9 after 55
Mahler—Das Lied von der Erde
  • Mvt. II: 3–3
  • Mvt. VI: 3 to 3 after 2
Ravel—Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Prélude: beginning–2
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: A–B
Rossini—La Scala di Seta
  • Overture: pickup to 6 to 1
  • Overture: pickups to 2 to 3
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1, Op. 10
  • Mvt. III: Beginning to 1
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 4 after L to the end of 2 after N
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
  • Serenata: 8–10
  • Gavotta and Variazione 1a (no repeat)
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 1–21
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