Principal Oboe Required Repertoire

William Hunt
Auditions Coordinator

Solos and Chamber Music:

Mozart : Concerto in C: Movement I, no cadenza
Nielson: Woodwind Quintet (no English Horn)

Orchestral Excerpts (all first oboe):

Bach: Cantata #82
Bach: St. Matthew Passion: Aria in c min for oboe, tenor, and chor
Barber: Piano Concerto: Movement I
Beethoven: Symphony #3: Movements II, III, & IV
Berlioz: Romeo & Juliet: Romeo Alone movement
Bloch: Schelomo
Brahms: Symphony #1: Movements I & II
Brahms: Symphony #2: Movement III
Brahms: Violin Concerto: Movement II
Debussy: La Mer: Movement II
Mendelssohn: Scottish Symphony: Movements II & IV
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin: Movements I & III
Rossini: La Scala di Seta
Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah": Opening solo
Shostakovich: Symphony #1: Movement III
Strauss: Don Juan: Letter A to letter B & Solo
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite: Complete
Symphony in C: Movement II, Rehearsal #80 for 2 bars and rehearsal #94 for 5 bars

Repertoire to be performed with members of the RPO wind section:

Beethoven: Symphony #7: Movements I & II
Debussy: La Mer: Movement III
Dvorak: Symphony #9 "The New World": Movement II
Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasie
Verdi: Overture to "La Forza del Destino"