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 8
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
J C Bach, (Allegro) molto ma maestoso (1st movt from Concerto in C minor), (Salabert) SLB00392200
Bartók, arr. Davies, Romanian Folk Dances nos. 1, 2, 5 and 6 , Romanian Folk Dances, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060132049
Beethoven, Andante – (Allegro) vivace (1st movt from Sonata no. 4 in C, op. 102 no. 1), Sonatas for Cello & Piano, (Henle) HN894
Berteau (formerly attrib. Sammartini), (Allegro) (1st movt from Sonata in G), (IMC) 2093
Boulanger, No. 3 in C# minor (from Trois pièces), (Heugel) HE26535
Brahms, Allegretto quasi Menuetto (2nd movt from Sonata in E minor, op. 38), (Henle) HN18
Cassadó, Requiebros, (Schott) ED1562
Chaynes, Improvisation à deux, Collection Panorama Violoncelle vol. 2, (Billaudot) GB4151
Chopin, Scherzo, 2nd movt from Sonata in G minor, op. 65), Sonata, op. 65 & Polonaise, op. 3, (Peters) EP1928
De Falla, arr. Piatigorsky, Ritual Fire Dance, Ritual Fire Dance & Dance of Terror, (Chester) CH00933
Gardel, arr. Collatti, Por una cabeza, Tango, (Universal) UE35261
Goltermann, Capriccio, (EMB) Z.13889
Grissom, Celtic Cello Set ✯, Solo Cello Encore Series vol. 1, (Endpin) 59730001
Lalo, Intermezzo (2nd movt from Concerto in D minor), (Peters) EP3799
Minsky, The Hipster, Pop Goes the Cello, (OUP) 9780193399389
Monn, (Allegro) (1st movt from Concerto in G minor), (Kunzelmann) GM140
Monti, arr. r. Łukaszewski, Czardas, Dancing Cello, (PWM) 10324
Popper, Mazurka in C, op. 51, (EMB) Z.13634
Saint-Saëns, (Allegro) appassionato, op. 43, Appassionato, (Schott) ED22354
Schumann, Rasch und mit Feuer (no. 3 from Fantasiestücke, op. 73), Appassionato, (Schott) ED22354
Shostakovich, arr. Atovmyan, Springtime Waltz (from Ballet Suite no. 2), Two Pieces, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060024856

Group B
Albinoni, arr. Thomas-Mifune, Adagio in G minor, (Kunzelmann) GM1670
J S Bach, Prélude ✯ (from Suite no. 1 in G, BWV 1007), Six Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007–1012, (Bärenreiter) BA320
Bloch, Prayer (no. 1 from Jewish Life), Music for Cello & Piano, (Fischer) 05482
Bridge, Mélodie, Scherzo & Mélodie, (Faber) 0571506720
Cervelló, Homenatge ✯, (Boileau) 2986
Chaplin, arr. Beckmann, Falling Star, Oh! That Cello! vol. 2, (Kunzelmann) GM1250b
Dvorák, arr. Stutch, Silent Woods ’Klid’, op. 68 no. 5, (IMC) 1741
Elgar, Adagio (3rd movt from Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85), (Novello) NOV081334
Fauré, Élégie, op. 24, (Henle) HN563
Glazunov, Song of the Minstrel, op. 71, (Belaieff) BEL205
Grieg, Andante molto tranquillo (2nd movt from Sonata in A minor, op. 36), Sonata in A minor, op. 36 and other Works, (Henle) HN790
Haydn, Adagio (2nd movt from Concerto in D, Hob VIIb no. 2), (Breitkopf) EB2238
Massenet, arr. Delsart, Méditation (from Thaïs), (EMB) Z.13635
Monn, Adagio (2nd movt from Concerto in G minor), (Kunzelmann) GM140
Muffat, arr. Cassadó, Arioso, (Universal) E8285
Rachmaninov, Andante (3rd movt from Sonata in G minor, op. 19), (Boosey & Hawkes) M060022197
Ravel, arr. Maganini, Pavane pour une infante défunte, (Musicus) M783
Stutschewsky, Kaddish (from Sounds from the Past), (Or-Tav) 12025
Szymanowski, Song of Roxana (from King Roger), (PWM) 9195
Vivaldi, Preludio and Allemanda (1st and 2nd movts from Sonata no. 9 in G minor, RV 42), Complete Sonatas for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, RV 39-47, (Bärenreiter) BA6995

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