Horn/Repertoire/Orchestral Excerpts

The following is a list of standard excerpts that are regularly asked for in auditions: Bach, J. S. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 Mass in B minor Beethoven, L. v. Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 7 Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 9 Fidelio Overture Brahms, J. Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Academic Festival Overture Concerto for Piano No. 1 Concerto for Piano No. 2 Variations on a Theme by Haydn Tragic Overture Bruckner, A. Symphony No. 4 Dvorak, A. Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 9 Concerto for Cello Franck, C. Symphony in D minor Grieg, E. Grieg Piano Concerto Haydn, F. J. Symphony No. 31, "Hornsignal" Holst, G. The Planets Mahler, G. Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 10 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Nocturne from a Midsummer Night's Dream Mozart W. A. Symphony No. 40 Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Mussorgsky, M. Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) Rachmaninov, S. Symphony No. 2 Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Piano Concerto No. 3 Ravel, M. Concerto for Piano in G major Bolero Pavane pour une Infante Défunte Schubert, F. Symphony No. 9/7, "The Great" Schumann, R. Concertstück for 4 horns and orchestra Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish" Shostakovich, D. Symphony No. 5 Strauss, R. Also Sprach Zarathustra Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) Don Juan Don Quixote Ein Heldenleben Till Eulenspiegel Stravinsky, I. The Firebird Suite The Rite of Spring Tchaikovsky, P. I. Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 5 Capriccio Italien 1812 Overture Wagner, R. Siegfried's Rhine Journey (the "Short Call") Lohengrin Das Rheingold, Introduction Siegfried (the "Long Call") Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries Weber, C. M. v. Der Freischütz, Overture Overture to Oberon