2017-18 oboe auditions - music.virginia.edu
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2017-18 OBOE AUDITIONS Please prepare the following excerpts:
1. Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake a. No. 1 “Scene,” Oboe 1; measure 2 to downbeat of rehearsal
#1. b. No. 3 “Danse des cygnes,” Oboe 2; measure 2 through
downbeat of measure 10.
2. Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 a. Movement I, Oboe 1; measure 89 to downbeat of measure 136
(3rd measure of rehearsal D).
3. Brahms – Symphony No. 2 a. Movement II, Oboe 2; measures 19 to 26. b. Movement III, Oboe 1; measures 1 to 27.
ENGLISH HORN (optional)
1. Barber – Second Essay for Orchestra; see enclosed excerpt.
2. Holst – The Planets, Jupiter; measures 329 to 367.
Samuel Barber(1910-1981)
Second Essay for Orchestra(English horn)