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

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios – Grades 1 to 8
Trinity Sight reading Grades 1 to 8
Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5

Bassoon Pieces for Grade 3
Three pieces are to be played, two pieces from group A and one piece from group B, to form a balanced programme. Instead of one piece, candidates may offer an own composition.

Group A
Amos, Lucian’s March, The CMA Notebook for Bassoon, (CMA) 240
Barratt, Three Variations on Cat in the Snow, Bravo! Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060106692
Bizet, Entr'acte (Carmen), Going Solo Bassoon, (Faber) 0571509878
Corrette, Bruit de Chasse, Bassoon Solos vol. 1, (Chester) CH55092
Cowles, Thumb a Lift, no. 21 or ‘Oonerism, no. 22, 25 Fun Moments for Bassoon, (Studio) M050010845
Dodgson, Hobby Horse, Up Front Album for Bassoon, (Brass Wind) 0308
Elliott, Signature Tune or The Donkey Trot, Ivor the Engine Suite, (Patersons) PAT60603
Farnaby, Fayne Would I Wedd, Going Solo Bassoon, (Faber) 0571509878
Galliard, Sonata no. 4, 2nd movt: Allegro e staccato (Hinrichsen) 753d
Goddard, Daydreams, Party Pieces, (Spartan) SP138
Handel, Air from The Water Music, Bassoon Favourites vol. 1, (Montem, bassoon, mini-bassoon in G) 134
Handel, March from Three Pieces, Classical and Romantic Pieces book 1, (OUP) 9780193565340
Hughes, Valse Humoresque, no. 6, Six Low Solos, (Emerson) E10
Milde, No. 2 of Three Easy Pieces, Bassoon Solos vol. 1, (Chester) CH55092
Mozart, Birdcatcher’s Song, Bassoon Favourites vol. 1, (Montem, bassoon, mini-bassoon in G) 134
Norton, A Dramatic Episode, Microjazz for Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060085642
Ramsay, arr., The Flight of the Earls or Ye Banks and Braes, Favourite Folksongs for the Beginner Bassoonist, (Spartan) SP530
Rimsky-Korsakov, Theme from Scheherazade, Going Solo Bassoon, (Faber) 0571509878
Sheen, Drunken Sailor – the sequel or The Vulgar Boatman, Mr Sheen's Miscellany for Bassoon – Grade 3, (Spartan) SP1163
Verdi, La donna è mobile, Bassoon Favourites vol. 1, (Montem, bassoon, mini-bassoon in G) 134
Watts, Shiny Shoe Shimmy, Fresh Air Bassoon, (Mayhew) 3611886
Wedgwood, Easy Tiger or Hot Chilli, Really Easy Jazzin’ About for Bassoon, (Faber) 057152138X
Weissenborn, Arioso, p. 61, Learn As You Play Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060029462

Group B
Concone, Lento maestoso, no. 8, The Singing Bassoon, (Emerson) E281
Eisenhardt, Ex. 2, Polonaise, p. 121, Das Fagott vol. 1, (DVfM) DV30021
Gariboldi, Study no. 1, Andantino, p. 42 or Study no. 4, Allegretto grazioso, p. 54, Learn As You Play Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060029462
Langey, No. 29, p. 24 or no. 43, p. 31, The Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060035975
Rae, Circular Waltz, no. 10 or A Bunch of Fives, no. 9, 16 Characteristic Studies, (Reedimensions) RD 036
Trad., Mexican Hat Dance, no. 107, Abracadabra Bassoon, (A & C Black, pupils book) 9780713654172
Weissenborn, No. 4, p. 10, Bassoon Studies, op. 8 vol. 1, (Peters) EP2277a

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