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 6 to 8

Bassoon Pieces for Grade 7
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. One contrabassoon item may be selected.

Group A
Agolli, Song, from Song and Dance (Emerson) E213
J C Bach, Concerto in E;, 1st movt: Allegro spirituoso [without cadenza] (Sikorski) SIK0257K
Bissill, Hector Unravelled, from Unbeaten Tracks (Faber) 0571520049
Carr, Girl on a Beach under a Sunshade (Comus) 006
Cooke, Sonata, 1st movt: Allegro non troppo or 3rd movt: Allegro vivace (Emerson) E116
Corrette, Sonata no. 6, 1st movt: Allegro moderato, from Les Délices de la solitude vol. 2 (Schott) ED12210
Danzi, Concerto in F, 1st movt: Allegro (Sikorski) SIK1281K
Devienne, Sonata in F op. 24 no. 3, 1st movt: Allegro (Breitkopf) MR 2047
Devienne, Sonata in G minor op. 24 no. 5, 3rd movt: Rondeau (Musica Rara) MR2049
Françaix, Andante, no. 1, from Two Pieces (Schott) FAG28
Gomelskaya, Sentimental Serenade (Guildhall) GSM85040
Haydn, Concertino, Perger 52/5 [without cadenza] (Doblinger) DM878A
Hurlstone, Sonata in F, 1st movt: Vivace (Emerson) E75
Moore, Presto (Phylloscopus) PP335
Neruda, Concerto in C, 2nd movt: Adagio sostenuto [with cadenzas] (Bärenreiter Praha) H7646
Owen, Bagatelle (Arcadia) AM 289
Ravel, Pièce en forme de Habanera (Leduc) AL19979
Rossini, Allegro for Bassoon and Piano (Universal) UE018133
Saint-Saëns, Sonata, op. 168, 1st movt: Allegro moderato (Peters) EP9195
Stamitz, Concerto in F, 2nd movt: Adagio molto [with cadenza] (Sikorski) 339 K
Telemann, Sonatina in C minor, 1st movt: Largo and 2nd movt: Allegro, from 2 Sonatinas: C minor & A minor (Schott) FAG 26
Vanhal, Concerto in C, 1st movt: Allegro moderato (Simrock) EE 3243
Vinter, Reverie (Cramer) 90275
Vivaldi, Concerto in A minor, VIII no. 7, 1st movt: Allegro molto (EMB) Z.6076
Vogel, Concerto in C, 3rd movt: Rondo (Sikorski) 521K
Williams, The Five Sacred Trees, no. 3 Eo Rossa (Hal Leonard) HL00841055

Group B
J S Bach, Courante from Suite no. 1 in G major or Courante from Suite no. 3 in C major, from Six Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (Bärenreiter) BA 320
Bourgeois, Fantasy Pieces, no. 1: Allegro vivace (Brass Wind) 3304
Concone, Study no. 32, Lento cantabile, from The Singing Bassoon (Emerson) E281
Drouet, transc. Gatt, No. 13 in B♭ major, Allegro, from 32 Studies for Bassoon, (Phylloscopus) PP334
Hansell, So Low [contrabassoon] (Phylloscopus) PP570
Jacob, Partita for Solo Bassoon, Preludio and Valse (OUP/Allegro) 9780193573642
Jancourt, Study no. 3, Largo or Study no. 8, Allegro moderato, from 26 Melodic Studies (Universal) UE 18126
Lyons, Arthritis III, no. 2 (Useful) U18
Milde, Study no. 49, Presto, from Concert Studies vol. 2 (IMC) 497
Orefici, Study no. 1, Andante or Study no. 11, Adagio non troppo, from 20 Melodic Studies (IMC) 2285
Oromszegi, No. 6, Allegro molto or No. 18, Vivace, from Twenty Advanced Bassoon Studies (Emerson) E86
Ozi, Study no. 41, Allegro, from 42 Caprices (Hofmeister) FH 3028
Schulhoff, Bass Nightingale, 1st movt: Melancolia and 2nd movt: Perpetuum Mobile [contrabassoon] (Schott) FAG22
Weissenborn, Study no. 15 or Study no. 17 or Study no. 27, from Bassoon Studies op. 8 vol. 2 (Peters) EP2277b

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