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 8
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
Arnold, Sonatina, 1st movt: Leggiero and 2nd movt: Andante con moto, (Lengnick) AL1136
J S Bach, Sonata in G minor, 1st movt, (Bärenreiter) BA8170
Bellini, Concerto in E♭, 2nd movt, (Ricordi) NR13167900
Berkeley, Sonatina, 1st movt or 2nd and 3rd movts, (Chester) CH01619
Döring, Boleros – Rondo Espagnol, (Emerson) E373
Dring, Showpiece, Three Piece Suite, (Emerson) E434
Elgar, Soliloquy, (Novello) NOV120812
Godard, Légende Pastorale, A Nineteenth Century Collection vol. 1, (EMA) 135
Grovlez, Sarabande & Allegro, (Leduc) AL21162
Handel, Sonata in G minor, HWV 364a, 1st and 2nd movts, (Peters) EP3035
Handel, Concerto no. 3 in G minor, 1st and 2nd movts, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060031809
Harty, Orientale, Three Miniatures, (Stainer & Bell) H330
Haydn, Concerto in C, 1st movt, (Breitkopf) EB 5349
Head, Siciliana, (Emerson) E14
Jacob, Sonatina, 1st and 2nd movts or 3rd and 4th movts, (OUP)
Krommer, Concerto in F, op. 52, 3rd movt: Rondo, (Bärenreiter Praha) H1933
Lebrun, Concerto no. 1 in D minor, 1st movt, (Schott) OBB13
Marcello, Concerto in C minor, 1st and 2nd movts or 2nd and 3rd movts, (IMC) 1289
Mozart, Concerto in C, K. 314 (285d, 1st movt, (Henle) HN 695
Mozart, Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370, 1st movt, (Peters) EP7077
Poulenc, Sonata, 1st movt, (Chester) CH01617
Rubbra, Sonata in C op. 100, 1st movt: con moto, (Lengnick) AL1140
Saint-Saëns, Sonata, op. 166, 2nd or 3rd movt, (Peters) EP9196
Stamitz, Concerto in Bb, 1st movt, (Breitkopf) EB 6525
Vivaldi, Sonata in C minor, RV 53, 3rd movt and 4th movt: Allegro, (Schott) ANT 133
Weber, Concertino in C, (Nova) NM137

Cor Anglais,
Marcello, Sonata, any two contrasting movements, Solos for the English Horn Player, (Schirmer) GS33308

Group B
J S Bach, No. 62, p. 36 or no. 66, p. 39 or no. 28, p. 16, J S Bach Difficult Passages, ed. Rothwell, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060010651
Bourgeois, No. 2, Fantasy Pieces for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 3302
Britten, Niobe and Narcissus, Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060015274
Carlson, Circle of Memories, (Phylloscopus) PP560
Chandler, Summer’s Lease, any two movements, (Phylloscopus) PP65
Ferling, Study no. 25 or Study no. 38, 48 Studies op. 31, (Billaudot) 3082
Harris, Study no. 74, 80 Graded Studies for Oboe book 2, (Faber)
Luft, Study no. 77, 80 Graded Studies for Oboe book 2, (Faber)
Mower, Dop Dop Doobah, no. 44, The Good Tempered Oboe, (Itchy Fingers) IFP058
Reade, Celebration, Aspects of a Landscape, (Nova) NM 237
Telemann, Fantasia no. 7, 1st and 2nd movts, 12 Fantasias for Flute, (Bärenreiter) BA2971

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