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

Oboe Pieces for Grade 6
Three pieces are to be played, two pieces from group A and one piece from group B, to form a balanced programme. Instead of one piece, candidates may offer an own composition.

Group A
J S Bach, Sinfonia from BWV 156, from The Most Beautiful Oboe Solos from the Church Cantatas, (Bärenreiter) BA 8153
Barthe, Couvre Feu, (Emerson) E32
Besozzi, Sonata in C, 1st movt and 2nd movt, (Chester) CH01598
Binge, The Watermill, (Weinberger) M570051236
Boni, Sonata in G, 1st movt: Preludio — Largo, (Chester) CH00441
Cherubini, Polonaise, from The Oboist’s Collection book 2, (Mayhew) 3611019
Debussy, The Little Shepherd, from 5 Pieces for Oboe (UMP) or published separately (Emerson) E392
Dring, Polka, (Weinberger) ARC032
Dring, Danza Gaya, (Emerson) MOZ
Geminiani, Sonata in E minor, either 1st and 2nd movts or 3rd and 4th movts, (Bärenreiter) HM 178
Handel, Concerto no. 1 in B♭, 1st movt: Adagio and 2nd movt: Allegro, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060031786
Jacob, Sonatina, 2nd movt, (OUP)
Keech, Scherzo Rondoso, (Cramer) 90256
Knight, Devil’s Dance, (Emerson) E356
Loeillet de Gant, Sonata in E minor op. 5 no. 1, 1st and 2nd movts, (Musica Rara) MR 1053
Morricone, Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission, (Hal Leonard)
Mozart, Adagio K. 280 or Andante K. 545 from Mozart and Haydn for Oboe, (Emerson) E85
Nicholas, Rhapsody, from Rhapsody and Melody, (Chester) CH01570
Nielsen, Romance, from Two Fantasy Pieces op. 2, (Hansen) WH30736
Parker, Carnival Time or Hunting the Haggis, from Jazzed Up Too for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 1305
Rowley, Dance, from Pavan and Dance, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060023019
Sammartini, Sonata in G, 1st movt and 2nd movt, (Chester) CH01575
Schubert, Ave Maria, op. 52/6, from Classical Highlights, (Schott) ED21877
Warren, Folksong, (Emerson) E470

Cor Anglais
Th. Akimento, Eclogue, (Southern) SS267
Harris, Ophelia and Puck, from Two Shakespeare Pieces, (Queen’s Temple) QT7
Trad. Swedish, arr. Perkins, Walking Tune, (Emerson) E162b

Group B
J S Bach, No. 27, p. 15 or no. 57, p. 32, from J S Bach Difficult Passages, ed. Rothwell, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060010651
Beekum, Scala Polka, p. 14, from Ornamental Oboes, (Harmonia) HU3795
Blatt, Study no. 52, from 80 Graded Studies for Oboe book 2, (Faber)
Hinke, Study no. 27, p. 16, from Elementary Method for Oboe, (Peters) EP2418
Jacob, Limerick, from Seven Bagatelles, (OUP)
Lyons, No. 24, from 24 Melodic Studies, (Useful) U56
Mower, Tectonic Groove, no. 27, from The Good Tempered Oboe, (Itchy Fingers) IFP058
Pietzch, Study no. 56, from 80 Graded Studies for Oboe book 2, (Faber)
Reade, Bird Movements, from Aspects of a Landscape, (Nova) NM237
Woolfenden, Candlelight, from Reflections for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 2302

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