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 8
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
J S Bach, Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus from Mass in B minor, Absolutely Horn, (Brass Wind) 2123
Beethoven, Horn Sonata in F, op. 17, 1st movt: Allegro moderato, (Brass Wind) 3129
Bissill, Valse Noir, (Brass Wind) 3130
Bruckner, 2nd movt from Symphony no. 7, Absolutely Horn, (Brass Wind) 2123
Carr, The Happy Fox or To Home!, A Day in the Country, (Broadbent) 12003
Cherubini, Sonata no. 2, Two Sonatas (Concert Etudes), (Schirmer) GS33559
Dukas, Villanelle, Solos for the Horn Player, (Schirmer) GS33005
Haydn, Concerto no. 1 in D, 1st movt or 3rd movt, (Breitkopf) EB3031
Glière, Concerto, 2nd movt, (Pizka) C55a
Hindemith, Concerto for Horn, 1st movt: Mäßig Schnell (Moderately Fast) and 2nd movt: Sehr Schnell (Very Fast), (Schott) ED 4024
Jacob, Concerto for Horn and Strings, 2nd movt: Adagio molto, (Stainer) 2627
Mozart, Concerto no. 2 in Eb, K. 417, 1st movt: Allegro or 3rd movt: Rondo [with cadenzBass], (Bärenreiter) BA5311-90
Mozart, Horn Quintet, K. 407, 3rd movt: Rondo, (Brass Wind) 3128
Saint-Saëns, Morceau de concert, op. 94, (Durand) DF00460500
R Strauss, Concerto no. 1, op. 11, 1st movt, (Universal) UE34725
Telemann, Concerto in D for French Horn, 1st movt: Vivace, (Schirmer) GS33554
Van Heusen, Here’s that Rainy Day, O Solo Mio [F horn edition], (Brass Wind) 2114F
Vinter, Hunter’s Moon, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060028755

Group B
J S Bach, Allemande or Courante from Suite no. 4, Six Suites for Cello [trans. Hoss], (Southern) HL03770619
Bourgeois, No. 3: Scherzando e grottesco or no. 5: Allegro, Fantasy Pieces for Horn, (Brass Wind) 3103
Davis, Hazy Days, no. 10 or Call Out, no. 17 or All of a Flutter, no. 22, Hardcor Two, (Emerson) LD03
Davis, Over the Eight, no. 9, Hornabout, (Emerson) LD04
De Pre, No. 8 or no. 11, 20 Etudes pour le cor grave, (Billaudot) GB2127
Franz, Etude no. 26 or Concert Etude no. 2, Etudes and Concert Etudes, (Kalmus) K04523
Kopprasch, Study no. 31 or Study no. 33, 60 Studies book 1, (IMC) 1732
Maxime-Alphonse, Study no. 13 or Study no. 18, 200 Etudes nouvelles vol. 4, (Leduc) AL16392
Shaw, No. 11, Just Desserts – Frippery Style, (Hornists’ Nest) HN81

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