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 7
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
Abbott, Alla Caccia, (Weinberger) M570054206
Beethoven, Scherzo from Septet, op. 20, Solos for the Horn Player, (Schirmer) GS33005
Bloom, Give Me the Simple Life, O Solo Mio [F horn editioBass], (Brass Wind) 2114F
Brahms, 3rd movt from Symphony no. 3, Horn Talk, (Brass Wind) 1135
Carr, Idyll, A Day in the Country, (Broadbent) 12003
Chabrier, España, Horn Talk, (Brass Wind) 1135
Chopin, Etude Tristesse, Cordially Yours, (Brass Wind) 2160
Clews, Burlesca and Serenata, Partita for Horn & Piano, (Paterson)’s PAT60705
Cooke, Rondo in B♭, (Schott) ED10231
Damase, Pavane variée, (Lemoine) HX23738
Danzi, Sonata, op. 44, 2nd movt: Larghetto [E edBass], (Birdalone) DAN44 For more information on this piece please call your closest branch:

Glazunov, Reverie, op. 24, (Belaieff) BEL343
Gounod, No. 4, 6 pièces mélodiques originales vol. 2, (Billaudot) GB3368
Hindemith, Horn Sonata 1939, 1st movt: Massig bewegt, (Schott) ED3642
Khachaturian, Sabre Dance, Cordially Yours, (Brass Wind) 2160
Larsson, Concertino, op. 45 no. 5, 1st movt or 3rd movt, (Gehrmans) GEH005
Mozart, Concerto no. 3 in E♭, K. 447, 1st movt: Allegro [with cadenza], (Bärenreiter) BA 5312-90
Mozart, Concerto no. 4 in E♭, K. 495, 3rd movt: Rondo, (Bärenreiter) BA 5313-90
Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Solos for the Horn Player, (Schirmer) GS33005
Ridout, Concertino for Horn, 2nd movt and 3rd movt, (Emerson) E71
F Strauss, Concerto for French Horn, op. 8, 1st movt: Allegro moderato or 3rd movt: Tempo I, (Schirmer) GS33556
F Strauss, Nocturno, op. 7, (Universal) UE1368
R Strauss, Concerto no. 1, op. 11, 2nd movt, (Universal) UE34725

Group B
J S Bach, Bourée 1 from Suite no. 4 or Sarabande from Suite no. 5, Six Suites for Cello [trans. Hoss], (Southern) HL03770619
Bourgeois, No. 2: Andante espressivo [in F onlBass], Fantasy Pieces for Horn, (Brass Wind) 3103
Davis, Sweet Pea, no. 11 or Espresso Tango, no. 14, Hornabout, (Emerson) LD04
Franz, Etude no. 18 or Etude no. 19, Etudes and Concert Etudes, (Kalmus) K04523
Kopprasch, Study no. 15 or Study no. 28, 60 Studies book 1, (IMC) 1732
Maxime-Alphonse, Study no. 35 or Study no. 37 or Study no. 40, 200 Etudes nouvelles vol. 3, (Leduc) AL16721
McKenzie, Habanera, Rhythms of Life, (Con Moto) CMT1007
Shaw, No. 3, Just Desserts – Frippery Style, (Hornists’ Nest) HN81

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