THE ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL AND
KENT NAGANO, MUSIC DIRECTOR
announce the following audition:
4th horn and section
The national audition will be held on Sunday, May 28 (first round) and
Monday, May 29, 2017 (subsequent rounds)
Employment to begin: as soon as possible
Highly qualified applicants are asked to send us the requested documents
before Friday, May 5, 2017
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A one-page resume
A $50 deposit (a cheque made out to the order of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal)
NB: The deposit is refundable the day of the audition. However, if you decide to withdraw from this audition after
Friday, May 19, 2017, the deposit will not be returned.
Marie-Hélène Forest - 1600, rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal QC H2X 0S1 - 514-840-7400, poste 7455 - [email protected]
NATIONAL AUDITION
Sunday, May 28 and Monday, May 29, 2017
4th horn and section
A) SOLO
Bach
Mozart
Cello Suite no 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (mvt III Courante, without repeats, in the original tonality for cello,
Concert G major)
Horn Concerto no 3 in E flat major, K. 447 (mvt I Allegro, without cadenza)
B) ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS
Some excerpts may be played with the OSM horn section
4th Horn
Beethoven
Symphony no 9 (mvt III, meas. 82-98; meas. 108 until 1st beat of 121)
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique (mvt III, meas. 133-136 or 3 meas. after 44 to 6 meas. after 44 depending on edition)
Brahms
Dvorak
Piano Concerto no 2 (mvt II, meas. 160-239 or 7 meas. before C to 21 meas. before D ; meas. 427-451 or
4 meas. before H to 7 meas. before the end)
Tragic Overture, op. 81 (meas. 126-153 or 13 meas. after F to 7 meas. before H )
Symphony no 4 (mvt I, meas. 50-79 or 7 meas. before C to 8 meas. before D ; mvt II, meas. 1-5)
Symphony no 9, New World (mvt I, meas. 16-27; mvt III, meas. 117-134 )
Mahler
Symphony no 3 (mvt I, 1 meas. before 55 to 5 meas. before 57 )
Mendelssohn
Symphony no 3, Scottish (mvt II, meas. 48-67 or 16 meas. after A to B ; meas. 181-223 or 12 meas.
Brahms
Brahms
before F to 3 meas. before G )
Respighi
Pini di Roma (mvt I, 9 meas. after 4 to 5 ; mvt II, beginning to 10 ; mvt IV, 20 to 8 meas. after 21 )
Shostakovich
Symphony no 5 (mvt I, 3 meas. after 17 to 21 )
Strauss, Richard
Don Quixote, op. 35 (Variation VII and VIII or 57 to 3 meas. after 62 )
Tchaïkovsky
Symphony no 4 (mvt I, meas. 1-20 or beginning to 6 meas. after A )
Wagner
Lohengrin (Prelude of 3rd Act, 1 to 2 meas. after 3 or 2 meas. before A to 2 meas. before C )
Wagner
Das Rheingold (Prelude, meas. 33-64)
Der Freischütz, Overture (Adagio)
Weber
2nd Horn
Bach
Beethoven
Brandenburg Concerto no 1 (Trio II, without repeats)
Symphony no 3 (mvt III, Trio)
Beethoven
Symphony no 8 (mvt III, Trio meas. 45 à 78)
Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Var. V, meas. 245-263 or I to the end; Var. VI, without repeats)
Dvorak
Haydn
Cello Concerto, op. 104 (mvt II, 6 to 13 meas. after 6 ; mvt III, meas. 5-8)
Symphony no 31 (mvt II, meas. 12-16 ; meas. 35-38)
Mahler
Symphony no 1 (mvt I, meas. 31-44 or 4 meas. before 2 to 3 ; mvt III, meas. 116-131 or 4 meas. after
Mendelssohn
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo, 8 meas. before E to 8 meas. before F ; 3 meas. before N to O )
Prokofiev
Schubert
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo at Juliet’s Grave 59 to 62 )
Symphony in C major, D. 944, The Great (mvt I, meas. 1-8)
Schoenberg
Kammersymphonie no 1 ( 28 to 30 ; 64 to 66 )
13 to 15 )
SIGHT READING MAY BE REQUIRED
An accompanist is supplied. The pitch of the OSM is A-442.
Marie-Hélène Forest - 1600, rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal QC H2X 0S1 - 514-840-7400, poste 7455 - [email protected]