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 6 to 8

Orchestral Extracts required for the technical exam can be found in Orchester Probespiel: Cello

Cello Pieces for Grade 6
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces, chosen from the list below containing at least one piece form each group. 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.

Group A
Albrechtsberger, Scherzando, Cello & Piano II, (EMB) Z.14637
J S Bach, Allemande ✯ or Menuets 1 and 2 ✯ (from Suite no. 1 in G, BWV 1007), Six Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007–1012, (Bärenreiter) BA320
Bazelaire, arr. Cheney, Bourrée d'Auvergne (from Suite Française, op. 114), Solos for Young Cellists vol. 4, (Summy-Birchard) 21110X
Brahms, arr. Rémy, Hungarian Dance no. 5, Cellowise, (Spartan) SP898
Handel, arr. Cheney, (Allegro) (4th movt from Sonata in C major), Solos for Young Cellists vol. 4, (Summy-Birchard) 21110X
Maconchy, The Clock, no. 3, Divertimento, (Lengnick) AL0186
Marais, L’agréable, Five Old French Dances, (Chester) CH56366
Minsky, The Train Whistle ✯ or Broadway ✯, Ten American Cello Etudes, (OUP) 9780193858176
Romberg, arr. Jansen, (Allegro) non troppo (1st movt from Sonata in E minor, op. 38 no. 1), Best of Cello Classics, (Schott) ED21998
Squire, Danse rustique, op. 20 no. 5, Suzuki Cello School vol. 5, (Summy-Birchard piano accomp) 0267S
Sureda & Castillo, Bichitos de Luz, Tango, 7 Argentinische Tangos, (Kunzelmann) GM539
Trad., arr. Wright, The Keel Row, Three Northumbrian Folk Songs, (S J Music) D1995-1
Vivaldi, Largo and (Allegro) (3rd and 4th movts from Sonata no. 5 in E minor, RV 40), Best of Cello Classics, (Schott) ED21998
Vivaldi, arr. East, Concerto in D minor (from L'estro armonico, op. 3 no. 6), Play Baroque!, (Stainer & Bell) H479

Group B
J S Bach, Air, BWV 1068/II, Cello & Piano II, (EMB) Z.14637
Bernstein, Somewhere, West Side Story Instrumental Solos, (Boosey & Hawkes) M051106509
Bloch, Supplication (no. 2 from Jewish Life), Music for Cello & Piano, (Fischer) 05482
Brahms, arr. Salter, Lovesong, op. 71 no. 5, Six Songs, (Simrock) EE5197
Cui, Orientale, op. 50 no. 9, (Simrock) EE3479
Davidoff, Romance sans Paroles, (Schott) ED11059
Durante, arr. Legg & Gout, Aria, Learning the Tenor Clef, (Faber) 0571519172
Elgar, arr. Legg & Gout, Chanson de matin, Learning the Tenor Clef, (Faber) 0571519172
Hough, Angelic Song, Angelic Song & Angelic Dance, (Weinberger) M570056286
Kreisler, arr. Draths, Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), Classical Highlights, (Schott) ED21584
Kuchynka, Canzonetta, (Recital) RM086
Mendelssohn, Song without Words, op. 109, Appassionato, (Schott) ED22354
Nölck, Marionetten-Walzer (Waltz of the Marionettes), op. 116 no. 2, Appassionato, (Schott) ED22354
Noskowski, Melodie, op. 3 no. 1, Polska miniatura wiolonczelowa vol. 1, (Eufonium) EUF926
Paradis, Sicilienne, Suzuki Cello School vol. 7, (Summy-Birchard piano accomp) 0360S
Popper, Fond Recollections, op. 64 no. 1, Solos for Young Cellists vol. 3, (Summy-Birchard) 21030X
Saint-Saëns, Prière, op. 158 or Romance, op. 36, The Complete Shorter Works for Cello & Piano, (Faber) 0571518079
Schumann, Zart und mit Ausdruck (no. 1 from Fantasiestücke, op. 73), Appassionato, (Schott) ED22354
Sibelius, Romance, op. 78 no. 2, (Hansen) WH17879
Squire, Gondoliera, (Stainer & Bell) H485
Vaughan Williams, arr. Forbes, Fantasia on Greensleeves, (OUP) 9780193593015
Vivaldi, arr. East, Nulla in mundo pax sincera, Play Baroque!, (Stainer & Bell) H479

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