Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRINCIPAL OBOE REPERTOIRE LIST 2017 ______

I. Solo Works – Prepare one for Preliminary audition, both for Final audition:

A. Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major B. Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D Major

II. Excerpts required of each player:

A. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 B. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 C. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 D. Beethoven: Fidelio (long solo) E. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture F. Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo alone solo) G. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 H. Brahms: Symphony No. 3 I. Brahms: Violin Concerto J. Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 K. Debussy: La mer L. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, mvts. 2 and 6 M. Mahler: Symphony No. 3, 2nd mvt. opening N. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 O. Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin P. Respighi: Gli uccelli (The birds), The Dove mvt., (excerpt provided) Q. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade R. Rossini: La scala di seta Overture S. Schubert: Symphony No. 9, “Great C Major” T. Schumann: Symphony No. 2 U. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 (excerpt provided) V. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (excerpt provided) W. Strauss: Don Juan X. Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite (1949) (excerpt provided) Y. Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale Z. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, opening solo AA. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 BB. Verdi: Aida, Ballet music and Act III solo, letter C to E

III. Sight-reading: Excerpts from the standard repertoire to be determined at the audition.