New Mexico Philharmonic horn audition

Audition information
Position
Second horn
Application deadline
May 17, 2013
Audition date
June 2–3, 2013
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(Posted on April 17, 2013; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Mozart concerto of applicant’s choice, first movement exposition only (no accompaniment)
Orchestral excerpts, second horn parts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Trio
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–110
  • Mvt. III: 153–239
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III, trio
Beethoven—Fidelio
  • Overture
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Romeo and Juliet’s Tomb: 7 measures beginning at 59
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1
  • Death of Tybalt: 81–end
Rossini—The Barber of Seville
  • “Largo al Factotum”
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 17 to 21
  • Mvt. I: 36 to 3 after 38
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 5 before 4 to the second bar of 5
  • 1 before 78 to 2 after 79
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–20
  • Mvt. I: I–K
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Prelude, Horn 8: opening
Possible sight-reading
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