San Francisco Symphony
4th horn audition repertoire
May 2008

Prelims (26 players):

• Mozart: Concerto No. 3 exposition
• Beethoven 9 Third movement
• Shostakovich 5
• Mendelssohn Scotch Symphony Scherzo
• Strauss Don Quixote Var.7 and 8
• Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin

Semi-Finals (8 players):

• Bach: Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5
• Mahler 1 third movement
• Dvorak 9 Scherzo
• Strauss Don Juan first call
• Wagner Rheingold opening
• Strauss Ein Heldenleben #8
• Mahler 3 recap

Finals (3 players):

• Mozart Concerto No. 3 exposition
• Beethoven 9
• Mendelssohn Scotch Symphony Scherzo
• Strauss Don Quixote var 7
• Shostakovich 5
• Wagner Prelude to Act III Lohengrin
• Strauss Heldenleben #8

Ensemble Round (3 players):

• Handel/Shaw: Blessing and Honor from the Messiah
• Brahms Haydn Variations #6
• Bruckner 4 Scherzo opening
• Lizst Les Prelude
• Strauss Don Juan call
• small excerpt from Schumann Konzertstuck