Excerpts

Excerpts for Horn Students by Year

Lists are guidelines, and should be used to inspire and give focus to studies. Pieces not listed may be performed or studied. See hornexcerpts.org for music / audio examples.

Freshman

Beethoven Symphony No. 3 - Horn 1 / 2

Beethoven Symphony No. 8 - Horn 1 / 2

Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 - Horn 3

Schubert Symphony No. 9 - Horn 1

Strauss Don Juan (Horn Call)

Sophomore (above plus)

Beethoven Symphony No. 6 - Horn 1 / 2

Brahms Symphony No. 1 - Horn 1

Brahms Symphony No. 3 - Horn 1

Mahler Symphony 1 - Horn 1 / 2

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 - Horn 1 /2

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 - Horn 1

Weber Overture to Oberon - Horn 1

Junior (above plus)

Beethoven Symphony No. 7 - Horn 1 / 2

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 - Horn 4

Brahms Symphony No. 2 - Horn 1

Dvorak Symphony No. 9 - Horn 1

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 - Horn 3

Ravel Pavane - Horn 1

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 (low tutti) - Horn 1 / 2

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel - Horn 1

Wagner Gotterdammerung (Short Call) - Horn 1

Senior / Graduate (above plus)

Bach B minor Mass - Horn

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 - Horn 1 / 2

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 - Horn 1

Mahler Symphony No. 3 - Horn 1 / 4

Mahler Symphony No. 5 - Obligato

Mendelssohn Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Horn 1

Mozart Symphony No. 40 - Horn 1 / 2

Strauss Don Quixote Var. VII and VIII - Horn 1 / 2 / 4

Strauss Ein Heldenleben - Horn 1

Wagner Siegfried (Long Call) - Horn 1