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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Cello Grade 4 from 2024:
Grade 4 Pieces
One piece must be chosen from each of Lists A, B and C:
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 4 Scales
Grade 4 Sight-Reading
Cello Specimen Sight-Reading, Grades 1-5
Grade 4 Aural
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book only)
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)
Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)
| List A | Composer | Piece Details | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boyce | Minuet (from Concerto Grosso in B minor), arr. Black & Harris | |
| 2 | Lindeman | Tusenfryd (No. 2 from Four Piano Pieces, Op. 5), arr. Blackwell | |
| 3 | Vivaldi | Allegro (1st movt from Concerto in C, RV 399) | |
| 4 | J. S. Bach | Menuett in D minor, arr. Pejtsik | Violoncello Music for Beginners, Vol. 3 (EMB Zeneműkiadó) |
| 5 | Diabelli | Polonaise, arr. Pejtsik | Violoncello Music for Beginners, Vol. 3 (EMB Zeneműkiadó) |
| 6 | Cirri | Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in C) | Cirri: Cello Sonata in C (Schott) or |
| Cirri: Three Sonatas for Cello (Heinrichshofen) or | |||
| Cellissimo – Arietta (Schott) | |||
| 7 | attrib. Henry VIII | Pastime with good company, arr. Huws Jones cello melody; incl. 2nd verse | The Fiddler Playalong Cello Collection (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 8 | Rameau | Rigaudon (from Pièces de clavecin), arr. East | Play Baroque! (Stainer & Bell) |
| 9 | Telemann | Air Trompette (from Der getreue Musikmeister), arr. East | Play Baroque! (Stainer & Bell) |
| 10 | Ticciati | Les hirondelles de Couperin (No. 6 from Studies in Style and Technique, Book 1) | Ticciati: Studies in Style and Technique, Book 1 (OUP) |
| 11 | C. P. E. Bach | Polonaise (from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach), arr. East | Play Baroque! (Stainer & Bell) |
| 12 | Beethoven | Come fill, fill, my good fellow, arr. Bruce & Wells | More Time Pieces for Cello, Vol. 2 (ABRSM) |
| 13 | Handel | O Ruddier than the Cherry (from Acis and Galatea, HWV 49), arr. K. & D. Blackwell | Solo Time for Cello, Book 1 (OUP) |
| List B | |||
| 1 | Shanti Jayasinha | The Chengdu Hibiscus | |
| 2 | Nölck | Herbstblume (No. 6 from 10 Originalstücke, Op.116) mute optional | |
| 3 | Wolf | Wiegenlied | |
| 4 | Kathy & David Blackwell | Some Day | Cello Time Sprinters (OUP) |
| Cello Time Sprinters – Cello Accompaniments (OUP) | |||
| Cello Time Sprinters Piano Accompaniments (OUP) | |||
| 5 | Elgar | Chanson de matin, arr. Lanning | The Classic Experience for Cello (Cramer) |
| 6 | Järnefelt | Berceuse upper line in bb. 48–56 | Järnefelt: Berceuse (Chester) |
| 7 | Squire | Romance, Op. 5 No.1 | Squire: Romance (Stainer & Bell) |
| 8 | Trowell | Arioso (No. 7 from 12 morceaux faciles, Op. 4) | Trowell: Six Easy Concert Pieces, Op. 4/7–12 (Schott) or |
| Best of Cello Classics (Schott) | |||
| 9 | Henry Wood | Tom Bowling (from Fantasia on British Sea Songs), arr. Bruce & Wells | More Time Pieces for Cello, Vol. 2 (ABRSM) |
| 10 | T. A. Arne | Where the bee sucks | Grade by Grade, Cello Grade 4 (Boosey & Hawkes) 🕮 |
| 11 | Bizet | Entr’acte (from Carmen), arr. Bruce & Wells | More Time Pieces for Cello, Vol. 2 (ABRSM) |
| 12 | A. Clarke | Avelette (No. 4 from Four Love Songs) | A. Clarke: Four Love Songs for Cello (SJ Music) |
| 13 | Ailbhe McDonagh | The Journey (No. 9 from It’s a Cello Thing, Book 2) | Ailbhe McDonagh: It’s a Cello Thing, Book 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| List C | |||
| 1 | L. Bernstein & Sondheim | America (from West Side Story), arr. Schofield | |
| 2 | Turpin | The St Louis Rag, arr. Blackwell | |
| 3 | Pam Wedgwood | Sometime Maybe (No. 8 from Jazzin’ About) | |
| 4 | Kathy & David Blackwell | Russian Wedding | Cello Time Sprinters (OUP) |
| Cello Time Sprinters – Cello Accompaniments (OUP) | |||
| Cello Time Sprinters Piano Accompaniments (OUP) | |||
| 5 | Bock | If I Were a Rich Man (from Fiddler on the Roof ), arr. Legg & Gout | Play Showtime for Cello (Faber) |
| 6 | G. Gershwin | Let’s Call the Whole Thing Otf, arr. Gout | Play Gershwin for Cello (Faber) |
| 7 | Grainger | Shepherd’s Hey, arr. Bruce & Wells | More Time Pieces for Cello, Vol. 2 (ABRSM) |
| 8 | G. M. Rodríguez | La cumparsita, arr. Huws Jones cello melody | The Fiddler Playalong Cello Collection (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 9 | C. Webster | Scherzo, arr. Suzuki | Suzuki Cello School, Vol. 3 (Alfred) |
| Suzuki Cello School Volume 3 – Piano Accompaniment (Alfred) | |||
| 10 | Margery Dawe | The Gipsy Fiddler (No. 44 from New Road to String Playing, Book 3)– SOLO | Margery Dawe: New Road to String Playing, Book 3 (Cramer) |
| 11 | R. Gilbert & Kid Ory | Muskrat Ramble, arr. Harrison | Amazing Solos for Cello (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 12 | Grieg | Norwegian Dance, Op. 35 No. 2, arr. Forbes | Classical and Romantic Pieces for Cello (OUP) |
| 13 | Tarantella, arr. Sassmannshaus | Cello Recital Album, Vol. 2 (Bärenreiter) |
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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.
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