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

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios – Grades Initial to 8

Trinity Sight reading Grades 1 to 8

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5

Cello Pieces for Grade 5
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces, chosen from the list below. Only one duet may be chosen. Only one unaccompanied piece may be chosen. Pieces by at least two composers must be played. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece. Pieces marked ✯ must be unaccompanied.

Aldrovandini, Largo and (Allegro) (1st and 2nd movts from Sonata in B♭), 9 Sonate facili, (EMB) Z.14110
Arne, arr. East, Air, Play Baroque!, (Stainer & Bell) H479
Bazelaire, Montagnarde d'Auvergne (5th movt from Suite Française Sur Des Airs Populaires, op. 114), (Schott) SF7936
Bernstein, Cool or I Feel Pretty, West Side Story Instrumental Solos, (Boosey & Hawkes) M051106509
Boccherini, Minuet, Suzuki Cello School vol. 3, (Summy-Birchard, piano accompSummy-Birchard, piano accomp) 0483S
Bridge, Spring Song, (Stainer & Bell) 2196
Chopin, Prelude in B minor, op. 28 no. 6, Famous Transcriptions for Cello & Piano book 1, (PWM) 10382
Cohen, Prelude ✯ or Swirling Arabesques ✯ , Technique Takes Off! For Cello, (Faber)
Flotow, arr. de Smet, M’appari (Like a Dream), Cello Canto, (Fentone) F697-401
Gabriel-Marie, La Cinquantaine, Suzuki Cello School vol. 3, (Summy-Birchard, piano accomp) 0483S
Gershwin, I Got Rhythm or Summertime, Play Gershwin, (Faber) 0571516238
Goltermann, Andante quasi Allegretto (no. 1 from Trois Romances Sans Paroles, op. 90), Appassionato, (Schott) ED22354
Goltermann, Marche funèbre (from Musical Pictures, op. 97), Arietta, (Schott) ED22353
Handel, arr. Cheney, Adagio (1st movt from Sonata in C major), Solos for Young Cellists vol. 4, (Summy-Birchard) 21110X
Jenkinson, Elfintanz, Solos for Young Cellists vol. 2, (Summy-Birchard) 209X0
Lloyd Webber, arr. Legg & Gout, Memory (from Cats), Play Showtime, (Faber) 0571518516
MacMillan, Sabre Dance, Northern Skies, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060113451
Marcello, Allegro (4th movt from Sonata no. 6 in G), (Peters) EP7394
Mendelssohn, Lied ohne Worte in G, op. 19 no. 4, Cello & Piano II, (EMB) Z.14637
Minsky, Gathering of the Tribes , Pop Goes the Cello, (OUP) 9780193399389
Moszkowski, Melodie, op. 18 no. 1, Polska Miniatura Wiolonczelowa vol. 1, (Eufonium) EUF926
Mozart, arr. Palaschko, Ave verum, K 618, Classical Highlights, (Schott) ED21584
Pergolesi, arr. Cheney, Nina, Solos for Young Cellists vol. 2, (Summy-Birchard) 209X0
Pütz, Stomping Boys (Blues) (from 3 Short Stories), Arietta, (Schott) ED22353
Romberg, arr. Jansen, Andante grazioso (2nd movt from Sonata in E minor, op. 38 no. 1), Best of Cello Classics, (Schott) ED21998
Shostakovich, arr. Otty, Romance from The Gadfly, op. 97, (S J Music) D1990-5
Squire, Minuet, (Stainer & Bell) 2286
J Strauss I, arr. Lanning, Radetzky March, The Classic Experience, (Cramer) 90537
Tchaikovsky, arr. Draths, Chanson triste, op. 40 no. 2, Best of Cello Classics, (Schott) ED21998
Tchaikovsky, arr. Pejtsik, Neapolitan Dance Tune, Violoncello Music for Beginners book 3, (EMB) Z.14037
Trowell, Meditation, op. 4 no. 9, 12 Morceaux Façiles, op. 4 book 3, (Schott) ED11212
Vivaldi, Largo (from Sonata no. 3), First Repertoire for Cello book 3, (Faber) 0571516432
Williams, Fawkes the Phoenix (from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Selections from Harry Potter Instrumental Solos (Cello), (Alfred) 29080

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