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 4
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
Bartók, Evening in the Country, Going Solo Bassoon, (Faber) 0571509878
Bernstein, There is a Garden or One Hand, One Heart, Leonard Bernstein for Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M051570249
Boismortier, Gigue, no. 4 and Paysane, no. 5, 8 Little Pieces from op. 40, (Peters) EP8380
Cowles, The Zebra Crossing, Who’s Zoo♭, (Spartan) SP485
Dukas, Extract from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Classical and Romantic Pieces book 1, (OUP/Allegro) 9780193565340
Farnaby, Tower Hill, Going Solo Bassoon, (Faber) 0571509878
Galliard, Sonata no. 6, 4th movt: Menuet alternat (Hinrichsen) H 753f
Galliard, Sonata no. 1, Hornpipe (Hinrichsen) H 753A
Goddard, Ragamuffin, Party Pieces, (Spartan) SP138
Howells, Minuet, Grace for a Fresh Egg (Novello) NOV120563
Joplin, The Nonpareil, Bassoon Favourites vol. 2, (Montem) 136
Mercy, Minuetto from Sonata no. 5, Bassoon Solos vol. 1, (Chester) CH55092
Milde, No. 1 or No. 3 from Three Easy Pieces, Bassoon Solos vol. 1, (Chester) CH55092
Norton, Inter City Stomp or Sunday Blues, Microjazz for Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060085642
Pace, Pastorale, p. 59, Learn As You Play Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060029462
Pfeiffer, Concerto in B♭, 2nd movt (Leuckart) TB35B
Sheen, March of the Day or Rondolettinetto, Mr Sheen's Miscellany for Bassoon – Grade 4, (Spartan) SP1164
Telemann, Sonatina in A minor, 3rd movt: Andante, 2 Sonatinas: C minor & A minor, (Schott) FAG 26

Group B
Concone, Study no. 1, Moderato sostenuto or no. 27, Allegro sostenuto, The Singing Bassoon, (Emerson) E281
Jancourt, Ex. 1, Allegro poco agitato, p. 154, Das Fagott vol. 1, (DVfM) DV30021
Kling, Ex. 2, Adagio, p. 141, Das Fagott vol. 1, (DVfM) DV30021
Langey, No. 50 and no. 51, p. 34, The Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060035975
Ozi, Andantino, no. 17, 42 Caprices, (Hofmeister) FH3028
Rae, Pizza, Pizza!, no. 16 or The Gaffer, no. 15, 16 Characteristic Studies, (Reedimensions) RD 036
Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries (extract), no. 130, Abracadabra Bassoon, (A & C Black, pupils book) 9780713654172
Watts, Study in Orange, Fresh Air, (Mayhew) 3611886
Weissenborn, No. 3, p. 4 or no. 7, p. 6, Bassoon Studies, op. 8 vol. 2, (Peters) EP2277b

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