The Philadelphia Orchestra trumpet audition

Audition information
Position
Principal trumpet
Application deadline
August 1, 2022
Audition date
October 17–25, 2022
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(Posted on July 16, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo repertoire
Haydn—Trumpet Concerto in E♭ Major
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Tomasi—Trumpet Concerto
  • Mvt. I
First trumpet excerpts
Bach—B minor Mass
  • Gloria: 1–101
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 39–50
  • Mvt. I: 334–396
  • Mvt. II: 90–147
  • Mvt. V: 211–249
Beethoven—Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
  • Offstage solo
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I: 15 after C to 5 before D
  • Mvt. II: 1 before V to 2 before X
  • Mvt. III: 13 after F to 4 after G
  • Mvt. IV: P to 4 after R
Debussy—Three Nocturnes
  • Fêtes: 10–11
Dvořák—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. II: 3 before E to F
  • Mvt. IV: 1–18
Gershwin—Piano Concerto in F
  • Mvt. II: 1–1
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 5 before 46 to 47
  • 57–58
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1 before 14 to 17
  • Mvt. VI: 26–28
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I: 3 before 30 to 33
  • Mvt. V: 6 after 223 to 225
Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Promenade
  • Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
Ravel—Alborada del Grazioso
  • 24 to 2 before 28
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II: offstage solo
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: D–L
  • Mvt. IV
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–13
Shostakovich—Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 34–35
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 280–308
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 1 before 68 to 71
  • 75–76
  • 91–95
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • F–G
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 42–43
  • 58–83
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 1 before 134 to 158
  • 265–267
Stravinsky—Firebird Suite (1919)
  • Infernal Dance
Wagner—Parsifal
  • Prelude: 9 to 5 after 3
Reading with section
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
Brahms—Academic Festival Overture
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
Dvořák—Symphony No. 8
Price—Symphony No. 1
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