1 Second Horn Audition Booklet Candidates are asked to prepare the following orchestral excerpts: Beethoven Fidelio Overture Page 2 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Page 2 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 (2 excerpts) Page 2-3 Beethoven Symphony No. 8 Page 3 Dvorak Symphony No. 8 Page 3 Haydn Symphony No. 55 Page 4 Mahler Symphony No. 1 (2 excerpts) Page 4 Mahler Symphony No. 9 (4 excerpts) Page 5-6 Mozart Symphony No. 29 Page 6 Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 Page 7 Strauss Don Juan Page 7 Strauss Ein Heldenleben Page 7 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Page 8 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Page 8 Sight reading may also be given. Auditions will take place in two rounds, with both rounds taking place on the same day. Candidates are not required to prepare a solo piece, and all excerpts need to be prepared for both rounds. Please note that auditions are unaccompanied, which the exception of second round auditions where some extracts may be accompanied by a member of the horn section.