Richmond Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Second horn
Application deadline
March 20, 2015
Audition date
April 20, 2015
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(Posted on April 8, 2015; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Second horn excerpts
Beethoven—Fidelio
  • Overture: 1–8
  • Overture: 45–55
Beethoven—Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭
  • Mvt. I: 14 before B to 6 before B
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III, Trio: 171–205
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–110
  • Mvt. III: 445–498
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 36–78
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 17–21
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 4 after 3 to 2 after 5
Third horn excerpts
Berlioz—Roméo et Juliette
  • Queen Mab Scherzo: 58 to 15 after 59
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 199–215
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 17 before G to 7 before G
  • Mvt. II: 159–215
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 50–79
  • Mvt. I: 168–213
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. I: 16–27
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 29 to 2 after 31
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 48–67
  • Mvt. II: 181–223
  • Mvt. III: 74–95
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 13 before 29 to 30
Possible section round
Mozart—Selected Duets for French Horn, Volume II (ed. H. Voxman)
  • No. 2, Andante (both parts)
Possible sight-reading
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