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

Grade 7 Aural
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests Grade 7
Aural Training in Practice Grade 6-8

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

Grade 7 Sight Reading
Specimen sight reading tests Grades 6-8

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

LIST A
1 Beethoven Allegro moderato: 1st movt from Horn Sonata in F, Op. 17 (Boosey & Hawkes or Henle HN 498)
2 Richard Bissill The Drawing Room. Hornscape for Horn in F, arr. Bissill (Brass Wind)
3 Glazunov Rêverie, Op. 24 (Belaieff BEL 343)
4 Gliere Intermezzo, Op. 35 No. 11. Gliere Four Pieces for Horn and Piano, Op. 35 (Hans Pizka)
5 Mozart Allegro or Allegro: 1st or 3rd movt from Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb, K. 447 (Bärenreiter BA 5312-90: F/E b edition)
6 Mozart Rondo–Allegro vivace: 3rd movt from Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb, K. 495 (Bärenreiter BA 5313-90: F/E♭ edition)
7 Reinecke Notturno, Op. 112 (Schott COR 9)
8 F. Strauss 3rd movt (starting at Fig. K): from Horn Concerto in C minor, Op. 8 (G. Schirmer GS33556)
9 F. Strauss Nocturno, Op. 7 (Universal UE 1368)

LIST B
1 M. Arnold Andantino grazioso: 2nd movt from Horn Concerto No. 2, Op. 58 (Paterson PAT62001: F/E♭ edition)
2 Arnold Cooke Rondo in B♭ (Schott ED 10231)
3 Jean-Michel Damase Pavane variée (Lemoine)
4 John Frith Jousting. Principal Horn (ABRSM)
5 Armando Ghidoni Poésie et Gaîté (observing cadenza) (Leduc AL 29207)
6 Christopher Gibbs Meditation (Phylloscopus PP479)
7 Jan Koetsier Romanza, Op. 59 No. 2 (Editions Marc Reift EMR 240)
8 Prokofiev Morning Dance (from Romeo and Juliet). Hornscape for Horn in F, arr. Bissill (Brass Wind)
9 Guy Woolfenden Sword Dance: from Horn Dances (Brass Wind)

LIST C
1 J. S. Bach Gigue: 7th movt from Suite No. 2. J. S. Bach 6 Suites for Horn Solo, arr. Orval (Editions Marc Reift EMR 256)
2 John Frith Olympic Spirit. Principal Horn (ABRSM)
3 B. Hummel Intermezzo: 2nd movt from Suite for Solo Horn in F, Op. 64 (Zimmermann ZM21270)
4 Kopprasch Study No. 16 or No. 33: from 60 Selected Studies for French Horn, Book 1 (Carl Fischer or Hofmeister FH6014)
5 de Pré No. 2: from 20 Études pour le cor grave (Billaudot GB2127)
6 Gunther Schuller Allegro moderato: No. 2 from Studies for Unaccompanied Horn (OUP)
7 Lowell E. Shaw No. 4 or No. 6: from Just Desserts – Frippery Style (The Hornists' Nest)

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