Los Angeles Philharmonic oboe audition

Audition information
Position
Principal oboe
Application deadline
March 1, 2019
Audition date
March 13 through May 15, 2019
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(Posted on January 9, 2019; last updated about 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Marcello—Oboe Concerto
  • Mvt. II
Mozart—Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
  • Mvt. I
First oboe orchestral excerpts
Bach—Cantata BWV 202
  • No. 7, “Sich uben im lieben”
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 8–16
  • Mvt. II: 36–56
  • Mvt. IV: 349–380
Berlioz—Roméo et Juliette
  • “Romeo Alone”: “Larghetto” after 18 to “Allegro” after 19
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 17–23
  • Mvt. II: 38–43
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 17–18
  • Mvt. II: 25–26
  • Mvt. III: 6 after 54 to 8 after 55
Mahler—Das Lied von der Erde
  • Mvt. II: 3 to 1 after 3
  • Mvt. VI: 3 to 1 before 9
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: pickup to 33 to the end
Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Mvt. III, “Tuileries”
Ravel—Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. III
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: A–B
  • Mvt. II: 8 before D to D
Rossini—La Scala di Seta
  • Overture: 6–3
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. III
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. IV: 145–147
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 4 after L to 2 after N
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. VI: beginning to Variation 1a
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 1–21
  • Mvt. III: 133–144
Possible sight-reading
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