Charlotte Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Second horn
Application deadline
July 1, 2014
Audition date
September 14–15, 2014
Weeks in season
37
Payment
$1,050 per week
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(Posted on June 1, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • First movement: exposition and development
Second horn orchestral excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: second trio (no repeat)
Beethoven—Fidelio
  • Overture: 1–16
  • Overture: 45–55
  • Overture: 136–151
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III, Trio: 171–205
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 86–110
  • Mvt. III: 169–238
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 36–78
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 6
Dvořák—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I: Q–end
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. II: 12–16
  • Mvt. II: 36–38
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 1–3
  • Mvt. III: 13–15
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: beginning–2
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 3 before N to O
Mozart—Symphony No. 25
  • Mvt. I: 31–58
  • Mvt. IV: 28–73
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. VII: 59–61
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 17–21
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 3 to 2 after 5
  • 10 to 6 after 12
  • 1 before 78 to 2 after 79
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–20
  • Mvt. I: 169–189
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act 3: 9 after 1 to 2 after 3
Fourth horn orchestral excerpt
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: pickup to 82 to 99
Possible sight-reading
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