The Lexington Philharmonic horn audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant horn
Application deadline
October 3, 2014
Audition date
October 18, 2014
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(Posted on August 13, 2014; last updated almost 11 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mvt. I: exposition
First horn orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: trio to 31 after trio
Bernstein—On the Waterfront
  • 1–1
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 90–106
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 98–110
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 6 after 31 to 32
  • Mvt. II: 4 before 37 to 2 after 37
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mvt. II: 4 before N to 5 after P
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 17 to 1 after 21
  • Mvt. II: 54 to 9 after 56
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1–17
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • beginning–1
  • 31–32
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–21
  • Mvt. I: J–K
Second horn orchestral excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: trio 2
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: trio to 31 after trio
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 4 before 2 to 1 after 3
Third horn orchestral excerpts
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 4 before F to 2 before G
Obligato horn orchestral excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1–2
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