The Philadelphia Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Second horn
Application deadline
April 22, 2019
Audition date
June 3–16, 2019
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(Posted on April 1, 2019; last updated about 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Bach—Suite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande (Wendell Hoss edition)
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 3
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
Second horn orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Fidelio
  • Overture: 45–55
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 171–201
  • Mvt. IV: 431–end
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–102
  • Mvt. III: 153–239
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: 4–26
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. II: 12–16
  • Mvt. II: 35–38
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 25 to 1 before 27
  • Mvt. III: 3 after 13 to 15
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: pickup to 29 to 31
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: beginning to 1 after 2
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 9 after L to 1 after O
Mozart—Symphony No. 25
  • Mvt. IV: 49–62
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. VII: 59–61
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 57 to 8 after 62
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 4 after 3 to 3 after 5
  • Pickup to 78 to 3 after 79
  • 6 before 95 to 98
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 21–22
  • 63–66
Stravinsky—The Firebird (1919 version)
  • Danse Infernale: 8 before 1 to 2
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 6 after A
First horn excerpt
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 17 to 1 after 21
Fourth horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 82–99
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 55 to 57
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • 230–299
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Prelude: 33–45
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