Grade 6 Aural
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests Grade 6
Aural Training in Practice Grade 6-8

Scales and Arpeggios
Scales and Arpeggios for Horn Grades 1-8

Grade 6 Sight Reading
Specimen sight reading tests for Horn Grades 6-8

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

LIST A
1 Richard Bissill My Lady Fair. Principal Horn (ABRSM)
2 John Frith Allegro Appassionato. Principal Horn (ABRSM)
3 Timothy Jackson The Old Lancashire Hornpipe. Principal Horn (ABRSM)
4 Haydn Adagio: 2nd movt from Horn Concerto No. 2 in D (Boosey and Hawkes; F/D edition)
5 J. B. Loeillet Allegro (observing repeat): 2nd movt from Sonata for Horn, arr. Civil (Broadbent & Dunn 10220)
6 Mozart Allegro or Rondo or Allegro: 1st or 2nd movt from Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412/514 (Barenreiter BA 5314-90: F/D edition)
7 Mozart Andante: 2nd movt from Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb, K. 417 (Barenreiter BA 5311-90: F/E b edition)
8 R. Strauss Andante for Horn, Op. posth. (Boosey & Hawkes)
9 R. Strauss Andante: 2nd movt from Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb, Op. 11 (Universal UE 34725)

LIST B
1 Richard Bissill Ghost Rider. Hornscape for Horn in F, arr. Bissill (Brass Wind)
2 Bozza En Irlande (Leduc AL 20930)
3 Dunhill Presto non troppo: No. 6 from Cornocopia, Op. 95 (Boosey & Hawkes)
4 John Frith Time Passing Principal Horn (ABRSM)
5 Timothy Jackson Loch Lomond Principal Horn (ABRSM)
6 Hindemith Ruhig bewegt: 2nd movt from Horn Sonata (1939) (Schott ED 3642)
7 Richard Kershaw Night Ride (Broadbent & Dunn 13101)
8 Jim Parker The House of Eliott. The Music of Jim Parker for Horn in F (Brass Wind)
Guy WoolfendenSpanish Dance: from Horn Dances (Brass Wind)

LIST C
1 J. S. Bach Bourree I and II: 5th and 6th movts from Suite No. 3. J. S. Bach 6 Suites for Horn Solo, arr. Orval (Editions Marc Reift EMR 256)
2 Richard Bissill On Your Uppers Principal Horn (ABRSM)
3 John Frith Tarantella Principal Horn (ABRSM)
4 Concone Study No. 17 or No. 25. Concone Studies for Horn in F, arr. Ashworth (Emerson E299a)
5 Kopprasch Study No. 13 or No. 21: from 60 Selected Studies for French Horn, Book 1 (Carl Fischer or Hofmeister FH6014)
6 Gunther Schuller Allegro vivace: No. 4 from Studies for Unaccompanied Horn (OUP)
7 Lowell E. Shaw No. 1: from Just Desserts – Frippery Style (The Hornists' Nest)

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