Richmond Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Principal horn
Application deadline
August 20, 2018
Audition date
September 17–18, 2018
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(Posted on August 20, 2018; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first and second movement of a Mozart concerto of your choice
Principal horn excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: trio 2
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. III: 132–161
  • Mvt. IV: 5–10
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 86–110
  • Mvt. I: 430–end
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: E–F
  • Mvt. II: E–F
  • Mvt. IV: 30–38
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 454–478
  • Mvt. II: A–B
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 98–110
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. IV: 8 before 11 to 11
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 13–15
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1–2
  • Mvt. III: 8 before 12 to 9 after 12
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Nocturne: 1–34
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 10 before F to 4 after G
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. III: trio
Ravel—Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a dead princess)
  • 1–11
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. I: 1–8
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 17–21
  • Mvt. I: 39 to 1 after 41
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1–2
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 1–1
  • 12 after 28 to 30
Stravinsky—Firebird Suite
  • 11–12
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 8–28
Wagner—Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rheinfahrt
  • Short call
Possible sight-reading
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