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

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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