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

French Horn Pieces for Grade 5
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces: two accompanied pieces from group A and one unaccompanied piece from group B. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece. Pieces marked * Must be played with the piano accompaniment.

Group A
Ahbez, Nature Boy, Latino for Horn in F , (Brass Wind) 1143
Anderson, Blue Tango, Winning Matrix (F horn edition]*, (Brass Wind, book, piano accomp.) 0146F
Bernstein, Maria, A Little Light Music for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 2118
Bissill, March of the Gimps, Going Solo (Horn), (Faber) 0571514286
Bonfa, Manha de Carnaval, Latino for Horn in F, (Brass Wind) 1143
Cherubini, Sonata no. 1, Two Sonatas (Concert Etudes), (Schirmer) GS33559
Damase, Berceuse, op. 19, (Leduc) AL20897
Fauré, Après un rêve, Cordially Yours, (Brass Wind) 2160
Godfrey, Prelude, no. 1 or Gigue, no. 3, Three Impromptus, (Brass Wind) 2144
Graham, Buenos Aires, Cityscapes for Horn in F, (Gramercy)
Handel, Mirth Admit Me of thy Crew, Horn Solos book 2, (Faber) 0571512585
Hess, Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Winning Matrix (F horn edition]*, (Brass Wind, book, piano accomp.) 0146F
Hupfeld, As Time Goes By, Big Chillers for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 1154
Mozart, Concerto no. 3 in Eb, K. 447, 2nd movt: Romance, (Bärenreiter) BA 5312-90
Parker, Blues Train, Top Line Album [F horn edition], (Brass Wind) 1113F
Parker, Mapp and Lucia, The Music of Jim Parker for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 1133
Parker, The Midsomer Murders, The Music of Jim Parker for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 1133
Ramskill, In the Fast Lane, Jazzed Up Too [F horn editioBass], (Brass Wind) 1111F
Saint-Saëns, Romance, op. 36, Solos for the Horn Player, (Schirmer) GS33005
Saint-Saëns, The Swan (arr. Humphries), (Fentone) F202-401
Shostakovich, Romance from The Gadfly, Undercover Hits for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 1145
Tchaikovsky, Waltz, Cordially Yours, (Brass Wind) 2160
Warren & Gordon, Chatanooga Choo-Choo, Big Chillers for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 1154
Williams, Raiders March, Great Winners for Treble Brass*, (Brass Wind, book, book with CD, piano accomp.) 0132TC
Wilson, Bebop, Bebop to Rock (F/E♭ Horn), (Spartan) SP483
Woolfenden, Moonlight Rumba or Shore Dance, Horn Dances, (Brass Wind) 1126

Group B
J S Bach, Bourée 1 from Suite no. 3, Six Suites for Cello [trans. HosBass], (Southern) HL03770619
Davis, Coromandel, no. 6 or Postillion, no. 12, Around the Horn, (Emerson) LD01
Franz, Etude no. 7 or Etude no. 9, Etudes and Concert Etudes, (Kalmus) K04523
Gale, Aye Carumba!, JAZZFX for Horn in F, (Brass Wind) 1164FCD
Lawrance, Hornpipe or Romanza, Featuring Melody for Treble Brass, (Brass Wind) 6006
Lawrance, Interlude for Horn in F, In Concert [F horn edition], (Brass Wind) 1104F
Maxime-Alphonse, Study no. 7 or Study no. 12, 200 Etudes nouvelles vol. 2, (Leduc) AL16720
Nightingale, The Turkey, no. 22, Easy Jazzy ‘Tudes (Treble Clef), (Warwick) TR042

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