Virginia Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Fourth horn
Application deadline
May 17, 2022
Audition date
May 31, 2022
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$31,546.20 per year
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(Posted on April 18, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition from the first movement 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. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–102
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: trio
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 171–205
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 6
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 29–33
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 4 after 13 to 15
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: 4 to 7 after 2
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 2 after 17 to 21
  • Mvt. I: 36 to 4 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 17 before O to 9 after O
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–8
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Prelude: 35–66
Fourth horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 83–99
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 163–215
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. I: 16–27
  • Mvt. III: 117–134
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 189–223
Weber—Der Freischütz
  • Overture: 10–25
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