Virginia Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Second horn
Application deadline
April 27, 2020
Audition date
May 10, 2020
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$32,021.20 per year
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(Posted on March 14, 2020; last updated about 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition of one of the following concertos
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
Second horn excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: trio
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 171–205
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–102
Beethoven—Fidelio
  • Overture: 45–55
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 6
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. II: 35–38
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 29–33
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: 4 to 7 after 2
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 4 after 13 to 15
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. I: 1–8
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 2 after 17 to 21
  • Mvt. I: 36 to 4 after 38
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 17 before O to 9 after O
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–8
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Prelude: 35–66
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