Post on 18-Feb-2021
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Houston Ballet Orchestra
Section Oboe/English Horn (HGO) & Third Oboe (HB)
May 8th, 2019: Preliminary Rounds
May 9th, 2019: Advanced Rounds
Solo Repertoire
1. Mozart, W. A. Oboe Concerto, Mvts. I & II
Oboe Excerpts
2. Beethoven, L. Fidelio, Act II, № 11, mm. 81–131 (Oboe 1) 3. Brahms, J. Variations on a Theme by Haydn, mm. 1–29 with repeats (Oboe 2) 4. Dvořák, A. Symphony № 7, Mvt. II, mm. 1–8 (Oboe 2) 5. Mendelssohn, F. Symphony № 3, Mvt. II, mm. 32–122 (Oboe 2)
6. Prokofiev, S. Romeo & Juliet, № 18, 124 to one before 126 (Oboe 2)
7. Rossini, G. La scala di seta, Sinfonia, mm. 5–54 (Oboe 1) 8. Tchaikovsky, P. Casse-Noisette, Act I, № 1, mm. 92–104 (Oboe 2) 9. Tchaikovsky, P. Casse-Noisette, Act I, № 5, mm. 17–35 (Oboe 2) 10. Tchaikovsky, P. Casse-Noisette, Act I, № 7, mm. 1–24 (Oboe 1) 11. Tchaikovsky, P. Swan Lake, № 10, mm. 2–19 (Oboe 1)
12. Verdi, G. Otello, Act I, six after X to nine after AA (Oboe 1)
13. Verdi, G. La traviata, Act III, No. 11, 12 to three after 15 (Oboe 2)
14. Wagner, R. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Vorspiel, mm. 120–169 (Oboe 2)
English Horn Excerpts
15. Dvořák, A. Symphony № 9, Mvt. II, mm.7–18
16. Wagner, R. Der fliegende Holländer, Vorspiel, twenty-two after A to B
17. Wagner, R. Tristan und Isolde, Act III, Scene 1, mm. 52–93
Sight reading may be requested.
Ludwig van BeethovenFidelio
Act II, No. 11 Oboe 1
2Corrected II/19
Play all repeats
Johannes BrahmsVariations on a Theme by Haydn
Oboe 2
3
Antonín DvořákSymphony No. 7
Mvt. IIOboe 24
Felix MendelssohnSymphony No. 3
Mvt. II
Oboe 2
5
Sergei ProkofievRomeo & Juliet
No. 18
Oboe 2
6
Gioachino RossiniLa scala di seta
Sinfonia
Oboe 1
7Corrected II/19
Allegro vivace83 E
97
102
mf
sempre staccato
cre- - - - - scen - - - do
f dim.
p
Pyotr TchaikovskyCasse-NoisetteAct I, No. 1Oboe 2
9
joshuPolygonal Line
joshuPolygonal Line
Andante (Tempo di Valse) A
poco animando18
23 ritenuto B
Tempo I29
32
35
Corno ingl.
p
più f mf più f
mf mf
p
staccato
cresc. mf
Pyotr TchaikovskyCasse-NoisetteAct I, No. 5
Oboe 2
8
joshuPolygonal Line
joshuPolygonal Line
Allegro vivo
5
11 Pochissimo più mosso
16 A
20
ff marcatissimo sf sf3 3
ff
f
3 5
ff ff
3 3 5
fff
Pyotr TchaikovskyCasse-NoisetteAct I, No. 7
Oboe 1
10
Moderato
p espress.
cresc.
f
1
ff
Pyotr TchaikovskySwan LakeNo. 10
Oboe 1
11
Giuseppe VerdiOtelloAct I
Oboe 1
12Corrected II/19
Otello (cont'd) 12(cont'd)
Giuseppe Verdi La traviata
Act III, No. 11
Oboe 2
13Corrected II/19
Richard WagnerDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg
VorspielOboe 2
14Corrected II/19
Antonín DvořákSymphony No. 9
Mvt. II
English Horn
15Corrected II/19
Richard WagnerDer fliegende Holländer
Vorspiel
English Horn
16
Corrected II/19
Richard WagnerTristan und IsoldeAct III, Scene 1
English Horn
17
Corrected II/19