Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus:

Grade 5 Scales
ABRSM Scales & Arpeggios for E♭ Horn, Grades 1-8

Grade 5 Sight-reading
ABRSM Specimen Sight-Reading Tests for E♭ Horn, Grades 1-5

Grade 5 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)

Grade 5 Pieces
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C:

LIST A
1 S. Adams The Holy City, arr. Sparke (Studio Music)
2 Beethoven Romance (Op. 40). Slow Melody Books No. 2, arr. Wright (G & M Brand)
3 Elgar Salut d’amour. SH, arr. Green (Brass Wind)
4 John Frith Caber Dance Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM:treble/bass brass edition; E♭ piano accompt.)
5 David A. Stowell Jam Bouree Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM:treble/bass brass edition; E♭ piano accompt.)
6 Mendelssohn Song without Words (Op. 53 No. 2). Music for the Minster, arr. Green (Warwick Music: E♭/F F edition)
7 Leslie Pearson Valivid. No. 11 from Going Solo – Tenor Horn, arr. Wallace and Pearson (Faber)
8 Saint-Saëns Romance, Op. 36. Time Pieces for Horn, Vol. 2, arr. Harris and Skirrow (ABRSM: E♭/F F edition)
9 Saint-Saëns The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals), arr. Hanmer (Studio Music: E♭/F F edition)

LIST B
1 Colin Cowles Horn at Dawn: No. 8 from Sound Your Horn! (Spartan Press SP742: E♭/F F edition)
2 Mark Goddard Ragamuffin: No. 7 from Party Pieces for Horn in E♭ (Spartan Press SP165)
3 Peter Meechan Final Thought Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM:treble/bass brass edition; E♭ piano accompt.)
4 Lucy Pankhurst Gone, Not Forgotten Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM:treble/bass brass edition; E♭ piano accompt.)
5 Leslie Pearson Tenor-hornpipe. No. 13 from Going Solo – Tenor Horn, arr. Wallace and Pearson (Faber)
6 Robert Ramskill Mambo. Latino for Horn in E♭ , arr. Ramskill (Brass Wind)
7 Sherwin and Maschwitz A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. A Little Light Music for Horn in E♭ , arr. Iveson (Brass Wind)
8 Philip Sparke March of the Toy Soldiers: No. 3 from Super Solos for F or E♭ Horn (Anglo Music AMP 265-400: E♭/F edition)
9 Billy Strayhorn Take the A Train. Stranger on the A Train for E♭ Horn, arr. Iveson (Brass Wind)

LIST C
1 Arban Andante con spirito in E♭ : No. 9, P. 106 from Cornet Method (Boosey & Hawkes)
2 Lizzie Davis Heads or Tails: from Polished Brass (Brass Wind: treble brass edition)
3 Sigmund Hering No. 29 or No. 30: from 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet or Cornet (Carl Fischer)
4 Peter Meechan Air Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM:treble/bass brass edition)
5 David A. Stowell Flennon Study (either version) Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM:treble/bass brass edition)
6 Mark Nightingale Hillbilly or Passion Fruit Samba: No. 16 or No. 18 from Easy Jazzy ’Tudes (Warwick Music:treble brass edition)
7 Philip Sparke Party Piece: No. 40 from Skilful Studies for Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn or Tenor Horn (Anglo Music AMP 098-401)

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