HORN AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, horn applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

1. Choose one of the following solos:

a. Movement 1 of Richard Strauss, Concerto No. 1

b. Exposition of W.A. Mozart Concerto 2 or 4

c. First page of Hermann Neuling, Bagatelle

d. Franz Strauss, Nocturno, ALL

2. Play the following excerpts (click here for music):

a. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Horn 1 OR 2, Movement 1, mm. 423-the end

b. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Horn 1, Movement 2, Rehearsal 54-57

c. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Horn 2, Movement 3, Rehearsal 13-15

d. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Horn 1, beginning to Rehearsal 5

e. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Horn 1, Rehearsal 37 for 16 bars