Requirements for Audition 1
Requirements for Audition Associate Principal 3rd Horn
2018
The NZSO tunes at A440. Auditions must be unaccompanied.
Solo – 1st movement exposition – until bar 117 (unaccompanied)
01 | MOZART | CONCERTO NO.2 IN Eb MAJOR, K. 417 MVT.1
Excerpts
02 | BEETHOVEN | SYMPHONY NO. 6 IN F MAJOR ‘PASTORAL’ 3
Excerpt 1 | mvt. 3 3
Excerpt 2 | mvt. 5 3
03 | BRAHMS | PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 IN D MINOR MVT. 1 4
04 | BRAHMS | PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN Bb MAJOR MVT. 1 4
05 | DVORAK | CELLO CONCERTO IN B MINOR MVT. 1 5
Excerpt 1 5
Excerpt 2 5
06 | DVORAK | SYMPHONY NO.9 IN E MINOR MVT. 3 5
07 | MAHLER | SYMPHONY NO.7 IN E MINOR MVT. 2 6
08 | SAINT-SAENS | SYMPHONY NO.3 IN C MINOR ‘ORGAN’ MVT. 1 6
09 | RICHARD STRAUSS | EIN HELDENLEBEN 7
Excerpt 1 7
Excerpt 2 7
10 | RICHARD STRAUSS | DER ROSENKAVALIER SUITE 8
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | 2018 2 Requirements for Audition
11 | RICHARD STRAUSS | TILL EULENSPIEGEL 9
12 | TCHAIKOVSKY | SYMPHONY NO.4 IN F MINOR MVT.1 10
File names
If sending a recorded audition, to enable us to easily and directly play any excerpt, please label each file individually as per these example filenames: • “01 Classical Concerto.mov” • “02a Beethoven Symphony No.6 excerpt 1.mov” • “02b Beethoven Symphony No.6 excerpt 2.mov” • “03 Brahms Piano Concerto No.mov” • etc.
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | 2018 02 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F Major ‘Pastoral’ 3
02 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F Major ‘Pastoral’ Excerpt 1 | mvt. 3 Horn 1 in F | Allegro
Excerpt 2 | mvt. 5 Horn 1 in F
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | December 2017
4 03 | Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor mvt. 1
03 | Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor mvt. 1 Horn 3 in F | Poco più moderato
04 | Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Major mvt. 1
Horn 3 in F | Allegro non troppo
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | December 2017
05 | Dvorak | Cello Concerto in B minor mvt. 1 5
05 | Dvorak | Cello Concerto in B minor mvt. 1 Excerpt 1 Horn 1 in E | Allegro
Excerpt 2 Horn 3 in D
06 | Dvorak | Symphony No.9 in E minor mvt. 3 Horn 3 in E | Molto vivace
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | December 2017
6 07 | Mahler | Symphony No.7 in E minor mvt. 2
07 | Mahler | Symphony No.7 in E minor mvt. 2 Horn 3 in F
08 | Saint-Saens | Symphony No.3 in C minor ‘Organ’ mvt. 1 Horn 3 in F | Allegro moderato
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | December 2017
09 | Richard Strauss | Ein Heldenleben 7
09 | Richard Strauss | Ein Heldenleben Excerpt 1 Horn 3 in F | Lebhaft bewegt
Excerpt 2 Horn 3 in F | Lebhaft
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | December 2017
8 10 | Richard Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier Suite
10 | Richard Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier Suite Horn 3 in F | Mässig langsam und sehr getragen
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | December 2017
11 | Richard Strauss | Till Eulenspiegel 9
11 | Richard Strauss | Till Eulenspiegel Horn 3 in D (Changes to F at 9th bar of 29)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | December 2017
10 12 | Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.4 in F minor mvt.1
12 | Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.4 in F minor mvt.1 Horn 3 | in F
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Associate Principal 3rd Horn | December 2017