Horn/Repertoire/Orchestral Excerpts

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Introduction General Information Playing Technique Repertoire Etudes Music for Unaccompanied Horn Music for Horn and Piano Music for Horn and Vocals Sonatas Concertos Music for Horn Ensembles Music for Woodwind Quintets Music for Brass Quintets Chamber Music Music for Multiple Horns and Orchestra Orchestral Audition Excerpts Glossary Partial List of Authors

The following is a list of standard excerpts that are regularly asked for in auditions:

Contents 1 Bach, J. S. 2 Beethoven, L. v. 3 Brahms, J. 4 Bruckner, A. 5 Dvorak, A. 6 Franck, C. 7 Grieg, E. 8 Haydn, F. J. 9 Holst, G. 10 Mahler, G. 11 Mendelssohn, F. 12 Mozart W. A. 13 Mussorgsky, M. 14 Rachmaninov, S. 15 Ravel, M. 16 Schubert, F. 17 Schumann, R. 18 Shostakovich, D. 19 Strauss, R. 20 Stravinsky, I. 21 Tchaikovsky, P. I. 22 Wagner, R. 23 Weber, C. M. v.

[edit] Bach, J. S.

• Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
• Mass in B minor

[edit] Beethoven, L. v.

• Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 6
• Symphony No. 7
• Symphony No. 8
• Symphony No. 9
• Fidelio Overture

[edit] 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

[edit] Bruckner, A.

• Symphony No. 4

[edit] Dvorak, A.

• Symphony No. 8
• Symphony No. 9
• Concerto for Cello

[edit] Franck, C.

• Symphony in D minor

[edit] Grieg, E.

• Grieg Piano Concerto

[edit] Haydn, F. J.

• Symphony No. 31, "Hornsignal"

[edit] Holst, G.

• The Planets

[edit] Mahler, G.

• Symphony No. 1
• Symphony No. 5
• Symphony No. 10

[edit] Mendelssohn, F.

• Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 4
• Nocturne from a Midsummer Night's Dream

[edit] Mozart W. A.

• Symphony No. 40

[edit] Mussorgsky, M.

• Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

[edit] Rachmaninov, S.

• Symphony No. 2
• Piano Concerto No. 1
• Piano Concerto No. 2
• Piano Concerto No. 3

[edit] Ravel, M.

• Concerto for Piano in G major
• Bolero
• Pavane pour une Infante Défunte

[edit] Schubert, F.

• Symphony No. 9/7, "The Great"

[edit] Schumann, R.

• Concertstück for 4 horns and orchestra
• Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish"

[edit] Shostakovich, D.

• Symphony No. 5

[edit] Strauss, R.

• Also Sprach Zarathustra
• Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
• Don Juan
• Don Quixote
• Ein Heldenleben
• Till Eulenspiegel

[edit] Stravinsky, I.

• The Firebird Suite
• The Rite of Spring

[edit] Tchaikovsky, P. I.

• Symphony No. 4
• Symphony No. 5
• Capriccio Italien
• 1812 Overture

[edit] Wagner, R.

• Siegfried's Rhine Journey (the "Short Call")
• Lohengrin
• Das Rheingold, Introduction
• Siegfried (the "Long Call")
• Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries

[edit] Weber, C. M. v.

• Der Freischütz, Overture
• Overture to Oberon