National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada) horn audition

Audition information
Position
Fourth horn
Application deadline
May 10, 2017
Audition date
June 23 through July 5, 2017
Weeks in season
35
Payment
$1,939 per week
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(Posted on April 12, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Bach—Suite No. 1 for cello
  • Courante
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
  • Mvt. I
Fourth horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 82–98
  • Mvt. III: 108–123
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 163–215
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 50–57
  • Mvt. I: 73–79
  • Mvt. II: 1–5
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. I: intro
  • Mvt. III: 6 before 3 to 12 after 3
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 13–15
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 48–67
  • Mvt. II: 189–223
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 17–21
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 9–12
  • 57–63 (Variations 7 and 8)
Weber—Der Freischütz
  • Overture: introduction
Second horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Trio
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Trio
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 6
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: opening duet
Mahler—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 19–20
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: M–O
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 1–4
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: I–K
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: A–C
Possible sight-reading
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