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 5
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
Baines, Introduction and Hornpipe [complete] (Schott) ED 10531
Besozzi, Sonata in B♭, 3rd movt: Presto (OUP) 9780193855564
Boismortier, Sonata in C minor, op. 50, no. 5, 2nd movt: Gavotte, Two Sonatas op. 50 nos. 4 & 5, (Musica Rara) MR 2169
Carlson, The Wooden Broomstick, Scherzo in G minor (Phylloscopus) PP427
Corrette, Sonata no. 1, Aria, Les Délices de la Solitude vol. 1, (Schott) ED 12209
Corrette, Sonata no. 4, Aria, Les Délices de la Solitude vol. 2, (Schott) ED 12210
Cowles, Hip Hip Hippo-ray!, Who’s Zoo♭, (Spartan) SP485
Dunhill, Lyric Suite, op. 96, 2nd movt: Scherzino or 4th movt: Intermezzo alla Gavotta (Boosey & Hawkes) M060019029
Elliott, Land of Ice or Sky-Flights, Noggin the Nog for Bassoon and Piano, (Patersons) PAT60700
Galliard, Sonata no. 3 in F, 3rd: Adagio and 4th movt: Spiritoso (Schott) ED 12219
Galliard, Sonata no. 4, 6th movt: Tempo di Menuet (Hinrichsen) 753d
Glatz, Suite for Bassoon & Piano, Declamation (Phylloscopus) PP131
Hart, Andante, Unbeaten Tracks, (Faber) 0571520049
Hindemith, Sonata (1938), 1st movt: Leicht bewegt (Schott) ED 3686
Marcello, Sonata in A minor, 3rd movt: Allegro (IMC) 2286
Mozart, Portrait Aria, Bassoon Favourites vol. 2, (Montem) 136
Mussorgsky, The Old Castle, Bassoon Favourites vol. 2, (Montem) 136
Parker, Evening Thoughts, Three Trifles, (Stainer & Bell) H309
Phibbs, Tango Rouge, Unbeaten Tracks, (Faber) 0571520049
Rae, Movin' and Groovin', In the Groove for Bassoon, (Reedimensions) RD 043
Ridout, Sonata, 3rd movt (Emerson) E109
Sullivan, Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes, Three Famous Songs by Gilbert & Sullivan, (Dr Downing) 1111007
Telemann, Sonata in F minor, TWV 41:f1, 1st movt: Andante cantabile (IMC) 1151
Vojáček, Scherzo — Kolomyjka, Bassoon Solos vol. 1, (Chester) CH55092
Weissenborn, Arioso and Humoresque, Two Pieces, op. 9, (IMC) 1432
Wolf-Ferrari, Suite-Concertino op. 16, Strimpellata (Ricordi) NR12271200

Group B
J S Bach, Bourrée no. 1 from Suite no. 3 in C major, Six Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012, (Bärenreiter) BA 320
Braun, Minuetto, p. 3 or Lamenterole, p. 15, Solos (1740), (Schott) ED 12237
Concone, Study no. 6, Andantino amabile, The Singing Bassoon, (Emerson) E281
Cowles, Nuisance from Six Miniature Studies, Tenor Toons for ’Oons, (Studio) M050033189
Jancourt, Study no. 9, Allegro, 26 Melodic Studies, op. 15, (IMC) 1898
Langey, No. 109, Rapid Articulation, p. 66, The Bassoon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060035975
Neukirchner, Allegro, no. 1 or Tempo ad lib, no. 2, 23 Bassoon Exercises, (EMB) Z.2218
Ozi, No. 23, Andantino, 42 Caprices, (Hofmeister) FH 3028
Paciorkiewicz, Study no. 31, Marciale scherzando, Bassoon Primer Method, (PWM) 9813
Weissenborn, Study no. 6, Bassoon Studies op. 8 vol. 2, (Peters) EP2277B

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