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)