Horn/Repertoire/Orchestral Excerpts

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

Bach, J. S.

 * Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
 * Mass in B minor

Beethoven, L. v.

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

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

Bruckner, A.

 * Symphony No. 4

Dvorak, A.

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

Franck, C.

 * Symphony in D minor

Grieg, E.

 * Grieg Piano Concerto

Haydn, F. J.

 * Symphony No. 31, "Hornsignal"

Holst, G.

 * The Planets

Mahler, G.

 * Symphony No. 1
 * Symphony No. 5
 * Symphony No. 10

Mendelssohn, F.

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

Mozart W. A.

 * Symphony No. 40
 * Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat
 * Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat
 * Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat

Mussorgsky, M.

 * Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Rachmaninov, S.

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

Ravel, M.

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

Schubert, F.

 * Symphony No. 9/7, "The Great"

Schumann, R.

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

Shostakovich, D.

 * Symphony No. 5

Strauss, R.

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

Stravinsky, I.

 * The Firebird Suite
 * The Rite of Spring

Tchaikovsky, P. I.

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

Wagner, R.

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

Weber, C. M. v.

 * Der Freischütz, Overture
 * Overture to Oberon