New York Philharmonic oboe audition

Audition information
Position
English horn / oboe
Application deadline
January 31, 2019
Audition date
March 20 through April 2, 2019
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(Posted on December 18, 2018; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
English horn solo
Telemann—Fantasia for transverse flute No. 2 in A Minor
  • Grave
  • Vivace
Oboe solo
Mozart—Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370
  • Mvt. I: exposition
English horn orchestral excerpts
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • “Andante sostenuto” to 3 after 1
Berlioz—Rob Roy Overture
  • 19 before 11 to 8 after 13
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 4 after 13 to 14
  • Mvt. II: 16–17
Debussy—Three Nocturnes
  • No. II, “Fêtes”: 3–8
  • No. II, “Fêtes”: 2 to 6 after 3
  • No. II, “Fêtes”: 14–15
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. II: solo
Falla—The Three-Cornered Hat
  • Miller’s Dance: 1–2
Mahler—Kindertotenlieder
  • Mvt. III: 1–9
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. II: 6–9
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. II: 12 to 3 after 13
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. IV: 11 after 18 to 20
Rodrigo—Concierto do Aranjuez
  • Mvt. II: 1–3
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. I: 301–350
  • Mvt. II: 170–188
  • Mvt. II: 204–214
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 3 before 14 to 8 after 15
  • 98–101
First oboe orchestral excerpts
Ravel—Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Prelude: 1–2
  • Prelude: 5 after 8 to 9
  • Forlane: 5 after 11 to 13
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 4 after L to 2 after N
Second oboe orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Theme
Bruckner—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. IV: 6 after 40 to 6 after 60
Possible sight-reading
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