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

French Horn Pieces for Grade 6
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.

Group A
Arlen & Harburg , (Somewhere) Over the Rainbow, (Studio) M0050045427
Boyce, 1st movt from Symphony no. 4, O Solo Mio [F horn editioBass], (Brass Wind) 2114F
Bozza, En Irlande, (Leduc) AL20930
Brahms, Scherzo from Serenade in D, op. 11 , Solos for the Horn Player, (Schirmer) GS33005
Debussy, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Cordially Yours, (Brass Wind) 2160
Dunhill, Cornucopia, op. 95, 2nd movt: Allegro vivo and 3rd movt: Poco adagio, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060020025
Gershwin, I Got Rhythm, A Little Light Music for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 2118
Gounod, No. 3, 6 pièces mélodiques originales vol. 2, (Billaudot) GB3368
Harbach & Kern, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Let’s Face the Music for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 2132
Haydn, Concerto no. 2, 2nd movt [F/D edBass], (Boosey & Hawkes) M060111297
Hindemith, Horn Sonata 1939, 2nd movt: Ruhig bewegt, (Schott) ED3642
Larsson, Concertino, op. 45 no. 5, 2nd movt: Lento cantabile, (Gehrmans) GEH005
Mancini, Moon River, Let’s Face the Music for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 2132
Mozart, Concerto no. 3 in Eb, K. 447, 3rd movt: Allegro, (Bärenreiter) BA 5312-90
Mozart, Concerto no. 4 in Eb, K. 495, 2nd movt: Romance, (Bärenreiter) BA 5313-90
Parker, The House of Eliott, The Music of Jim Parker for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 1133
Prokofiev, Montagues and Capulets, Cordially Yours, (Brass Wind) 2160
Ridout, Concertino for Horn, 1st movt, (Emerson) E71
Schönberg, I Dreamed a Dream, A Little Light Music for F Horn, (Brass Wind) 2118
F Strauss, Concerto for Horn, op. 8, 2nd movt: Andante, (Schirmer) GS33556
Wagner, Tannhäuser Overture, Horn Talk, (Brass Wind) 1135
Woolfenden, War Dance or Lotus Waltz, Horn Dances, (Brass Wind) 1126

Group B
J S Bach, Suite no. 1, Gigue, Six Suites for Cello [trans. HosBass], (Southern) HL03770619
Concone, Study no. 17, Concone Studies for Horn [arr. AshwortBass], (Emerson) E299a
Davis, Sparkplug, no. 21 or Foolhardy, no. 23, Around the Horn, (Emerson) LD01
Franz, Etude no. 15 or Etude no. 20, Etudes and Concert Etudes, (Kalmus) K04523
Kopprasch, Study no. 17 or Study no. 25, 60 Studies book 1, (IMC) 1732
Lawrance, Jazz Suite, no. 5: Three on Five or La Chase, Featuring Melody for Treble Brass, (Brass Wind) 6006
Maxime-Alphonse, Study no. 5 or Study no. 24, 200 Etudes nouvelles vol. 2, (Leduc) AL16720
McKenzie, Czardas or Hornpipe, Rhythms of Life, (Con Moto) CMT1007
Shaw, No. 1, Just Desserts – Frippery Style, (Hornists’ Nest) HN81

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