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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Cello Grade 3 from 2024:
Grade 3 Pieces
One piece must be chosen from each of Lists A, B and C:
Candidates must choose at least one accompanied piece.
Please note that the first three pieces in each list are found in ABRSM Cello Exam Pieces Grade 2 from 2024 in different formats:
Part only, Cello & Piano Parts, Cello & Piano Parts with Audio
Grade 3 Scales
Grade 3 Sight-Reading
Cello Specimen Sight-Reading, Grades 1-5
Grade 3 Aural
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3
Aural Training in Practice, Grades 1-3
| List A | Composer | Piece Details | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Baptiste Loeillet | Largo (1st movt from Sonata in C, Op. 3 No. 1) | |
| 2 | S. Paxton | Allegro moderato (1st movt from Sonata in G, Op. 3 No. 5) | |
| 3 | F. Price | Rabbit Foot, arr. K. & D. Blackwell | |
| 4 | Anon. French | Provençal Dance, arr. Doflein DUET | Cello Method: Tune Book 2 (Schott) |
| 5 | Cirri | Menuetto (3rd movt from Sonata in C) | Cirri: Cello Sonata in C (Schott) or |
| Cirri: Three Sonatas for Cello (Heinrichshofen) or | |||
| Cellissimo – Arietta (Schott) | |||
| 6 | D. Gallo | Moderato, arr. Bruce & Wells | More Time Pieces for Cello, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) |
| 7 | Gossec | Gavotte, arr. Suzuki & Mooney DUET/PIANO | Suzuki Cello School, Vol. 2 (Alfred) |
| Suzuki Cello School Volume 2 – Piano Accompaniment (Alfred) | |||
| 8 | Mozart | Contretanz in D, arr. Baechi | Melodien Grosser Meister (Hug Zurich) |
| 9 | Trad. Scottish | De’il Among the Tailors, arr. Huws Jones – SOLO/PIANO | Jigs, Reels & More – Cello part only (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Jigs, Reels & More – Cello and Piano (Boosey & Hawkes) | |||
| 10 | Aubert | Tambourin I & II, arr. Harrison | Grade by Grade, Cello Grade 3 (Boosey & Hawkes) 🕮 |
| 11 | Vivaldi | Autumn (from The Four Seasons), arr. Nelson | Grade by Grade, Cello Grade 3 (Boosey & Hawkes) 🕮 |
| 12 | Haydn | Allegro, arr. J. & A. Oosthuizen DUET | P.16 from Easy Classic Cello Duets (Wild Music Publications) |
| 13 | Schetky | Allegretto (from Duetto in G, Op. 7/2) DUET | P. 74 from Duets for Fun: Cellos (Schott) |
| List B | |||
| 1 | Beethoven | Ich liebe dich, WoO 123, arr. Black & Harris | |
| 2 | Trad. Peruvian | Stars, No Moon, arr. Harrison | |
| 3 | Hubicki * | The Swing (No.1 from Three Summer Sketches) | |
| 4 | Carse | Afloat (from The Fiddler’s Nursery), trans. Max | Carse: The Fiddler’s Nursery for Cello (Stainer & Bell) |
| 5 | Katherine & Hugh Colledge | Miles Away (No.17 from Shooting Stars) | Katherine & Hugh Colledge: Shooting Stars for Cello (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 6 | Grechaninov | On Winter’s Eve, Op.126b No. 6 | Cellissimo – Arietta (Schott) |
| 7 | Holst | Jupiter (No. 4 from The Planets, Op. 32), arr. Lanning | The Classic Experience for Cello (Cramer) |
| 8 | Edward Jones | Glwysen, arr. Huws Jones cello melody – DUET/PIANO | The Fiddler Playalong Cello Collection (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 9 | Schumann | The Two Grenadiers, arr. Suzuki & Mooney – DUET/PIANO | Suzuki Cello School, Vol. 2 (Alfred) |
| Suzuki Cello School Volume 2 – Piano Accompaniment (Alfred) | |||
| 10 | Smetana | Vltava (from Má vlast), arr. Bruce & Wells | More Time Pieces for Cello, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) |
| 11 | Jennifer Andrews | Romance (No. 3 from The Mellow Cello) | Jennifer Andrews: The Mellow Cello (Piper) |
| 12 | Dare | Valse (from Serenade & Valse) | Dare: Serenade & Valse (Schott) |
| 13 | Trad. Yunnan | The Flowing Stream, arr. Long – SOLO | A Set of Chinese Folk Songs for Cello (OUP) |
| List C | |||
| 1 | Bartók | The Girls of Kis-Szele and The Song of the Drunkard (Nos. 35 and 36 from For Children, Vol. 1), arr. Davies |
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| 2 | Satie | Chez le docteur, arr. Black & Harris | |
| 3 | Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt & Geotf Zanelli | He’s a Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl), arr. Bullard |
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| 4 | Katherine & Hugh Colledge | Stitfkey Blues (No.15 from Shooting Stars) | Katherine & Hugh Colledge: Shooting Stars for Cello (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 5 | Thomas Gregory | Vamoose | Vamoosh Cello, Book 2 (Vamoosh) |
| Vamoosh String Book 2 – Piano Accompaniment (Vamoosh) | |||
| 6 | Roy McCormack | Take It Easy (No. 4 from Let’s Swing) – DUET/PIANO | Roy McCormack: Let’s Swing for Cello (Clifton Edition) |
| 7 | S. Nelson | Toad in the Hole without improvisation | Technitunes for Cello (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Technitunes – Piano Accompaniment (Boosey & Hawkes) | |||
| 8 | Ros Stephen | Transylvanian Stick Dance (No.11 from Cello Globetrotters) DUET/PIANO | Ros Stephen: Cello Globetrotters (OUP) |
| 9 | J. Strauss II | Russian March, arr. Huws Jones cello melody; with grace notes in b. 40 DUET/PIANO | The Fiddler Playalong Cello Collection (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 10 | Joanna Borrett | Smugglers’ Return (No. 4 from Inspiration Cello! Book 1) DUET | Joanna Borrett: Inspiration Cello! Book 1 (United Music Publishing) |
| 11 | Katherine & Hugh Colledge | Cossacks (No.13 from Shooting Stars) | Katherine & Hugh Colledge: Shooting Stars for Cello (Boosey & Hawkes) or |
| Grade by Grade, Cello Grade 3 (Boosey & Hawkes) 🕮 | |||
| 12 | M. Simons | The Peanut Vendor, arr. Bruce & Wells | More Time Pieces for Cello, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) |
| 13 | Trad. Yunnan | A Horseherd’s Mountain Song, arr. Long – shouts optional – SOLO | A Set of Chinese Folk Songs for Cello (OUP) |
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Overlap
Bowed Strings candidates worldwide may play their three pieces from the 2020–2023 Bowed Strings Syllabus until 31 December 2024. All pieces must be from the same syllabus – candidates may not present a mixture from old and new syllabuses.
Amendments
The ABRSM will post updates to the syllabus e.g. changes to publication details or other minor corrections or clarifications – at www.abrsm.org/syllabuscorrections.
Revision
The ABRSM has not scheduled the next revision of the Cello Syllabus. The ABRSM will post advance notice of planned changes to the Cello Syllabus (including syllabus overlap information) at www.abrsm.org/syllabusupdates.
Photocopies & downloads
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