Houston Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Fourth horn
Application deadline
September 29, 2015
Audition date
November 10–12, 2014
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(Posted on August 11, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo repertoire
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Neuling—Bagatelle
Fourth horn orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 82–121
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 160–215
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 13–15
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 29 to 33
  • Mvt. I: 51–57
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: 7 to 3 after 12
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II
Rossini—William Tell Overture
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: M–O
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 5 before 4 to 6 after 12
  • 1 before 78 to 2 after 79
  • “Heftig bewegt,” 94–98
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Prelude: 33–68
Second horn orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: Trio
Brahms—Tragic Overture
  • 320–347
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 6
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. VII: 59–61
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 63–66
Playing with horn section
Liszt—Les Préludes
Weber—Der Freischütz
  • Overture
Sight-reading
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