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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 5 to 8
Trinity Aural Test books Grades 6-8 (book and CD)
Saxophone 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 (click the tab to display your choice)
Agay, Rhapsody in Waltz Time, (Presser) 114–40930
Bedard, Sonata, 1st movt and 2nd movt, (Doberman) DO85
Bozza, Pulcinella, (Leduc) AL20298
Debussy, La plus que lente, from Claude Debussy Saxophone Album, (Universal) UE 17777
Demersseman, Serenade op. 33, (Hug) 11469
Demillac, Jeux de Vagues, (Combre) C04979
Foster, Jivers, no. 1, from Five Contemporary Dances, (Saxtet) 042
Françaix, any three dances from Cinq Danses Exotiques, (Schott) ED 4745
Gallois-Montbrun, Ballade and Ronde, from Six Pieces Musicales d’Etudes, (Leduc) AL21131
Grovlez, Sarabande et Allegro, (Leduc) AL23218
Grundman, Concertante [complete], (Boosey & Hawkes) M051680061
Guilhaud, Concertino [complete] [E♭ version], (Rubank) HL04477494
Holcombe, Blues Concerto for Alto Sax, 1st movt: Allegro [with cadenza. Last two notes may be played an octave lower] or 3rd movt: Allegro con brio (Studio) AC103
Koechlin, Etude no. 9 or Etude no. 15 , from 15 etudes pour Saxophone alto et piano, (Billaudot/EFM) 1008
Milhaud, Braziliera, from Scaramouche for Alto Saxophone, (Salabert) EAS15280b
Nelson, Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano, 1st movt: Drammatico or 3rd movt: With vigor, (Advance) ADV7037
Richardson, Elegy, no. 2 and Alla Burlesca, no. 3, from Three Pieces op. 22, (Emerson) E68
Schulhoff, Hot-Sonate for Alto Saxophone, 1st and 2nd movts, (Schott) ED7739
Tcherepnin, Sonatine Sportive, 2nd movt: Mi-temps and 3rd movt: Course, (Leduc) AL20090
Wood, Schwarzer Tänzer, (Saxtet) 005
Zalba, Contrastes, (Advance) ADV7079
Addison, Harlequin for Soprano Saxophone, (Emerson) E236
J S Bach, Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020, 2nd movt: Adagio and 3rd movt: Allegro, (Universal) UE 17774
Bonnard, Sonata no. 1, 1st movt: Andante moderato, (Billaudot/EFM) 1703
Carmichael, Aria, from Aria and Finale, (Southern) HL03776335
Cowles, Of Spain, (Studio) M050012870
Fiocco/Bazelaire, Concerto, 1st movt: Allegro, (Schott) SF 9260
Fischer, Keplus à Antioche, 1st movt and 2nd movt, (Billaudot) GB3880
Gould, Diversions for Tenor Sax & Orchestra, 3rd movt: Rags & Waltzes or 5th movt: Quicksteps & Trios, (Schirmer) GS82055
Guilhaud, First Concertino, (Rubank) HL04477534
Handel, Andante & Allegro, (Southern) HL03774652
Heath, Out of the Cool for Soprano Sax and Piano, (Chester) CH60422
Joplin, Bethena, from Elite Syncopations, Bethena & Palm Leaf Rag, (Lemoine) 25143
Marcello, Concerto in C minor, 1st and 2nd movts or 2nd and 3rd movts, (Molenaar) 060294610
Martin, Ballade (1940) for Tenor Saxophone, (Universal) UE 32359
Millars, Andante and Rondo, from Saxophone Solos vol. 2 (Tenor, (Chester) CH55208
Morland, Elegy and Fugue, (Broadbent) 11211
Piazzolla, Night club 1960, from Histoire du Tango for Soprano Saxophone) [last note may be played an octave lower], (Lemoine) 26820
Singelée, Solo de Concert op. 83, (Rubank) HL04477549
Smith, Sonata no. 1, Hall of Mirrors, 2nd movt: The Looking Glass, (Camden) CM117
Tuthill, Sonata op. 56, 2nd movt: Andante and 3rd movt: Fast, (Southern) HL3774545
Villa-Lobos, Fantasia for Saxophone, 1st movt: animé, (Peermusic) HL00227447
Wood, Schwarzer Tänzer, (Saxtet) 005
Yuste, Solo de Concruso, (UME) UME87793
Group B
Saxophone in E♭/B♭
Bennett, Oxford Street, from The Jazz Sax Collection, (Faber, alto/baritone, soprano/tenor)
Buckland, Squaring the Circle, no. 17, from Solo Saxophone book 1, (Astute) am308-48
Dubois, Gigue, no. 8, from Suite Française, (Leduc) AL23138
Horch, Study no. 18, Set Piece, from Sax Scorchers, (Saxtet) 118
Hummel, Monolog, from Tre Pezzi, op. 81e, (Advance) 7052
Lacour, Study no. 48 and Study no. 49, from 50 Études façiles et progressives vol. 2, (Billaudot) GB15492
Lopez-Real, Eddie, no. 2, from Five Contemporary Etudes, (Saxtet) 134
Loyon, No. 3 or 4 or 8 from 32 études pour hautbois ou saxophone, (Billaudot) C3060
Mashima, Rhapsody in Waltz time, from New Concert Studies for Saxophone, (De Haske/Hal Leonard) DHP 1043659-400
Mower, Horizontal Hold, no. 43, from The Good Tempered Saxophone, (Itchy Fingers) IFP057
Mower, No. 33: A Recurring Theme (8) or No. 38: Hectic Beatnik, from Mosaics Saxophone book 2, (Trinity) TG 009319
Rae, No. 35: Duckin’ and Divin’, from Mosaics Saxophone book 2, (Trinity) TG 009319
Tweed, Study no. 15, See-Saw, from Sax Scorchers, (Saxtet) 118
I Wilson, I Sleep at Waking, (Camden) CM135
J Wilson, Sahasrara, from The Seven Chakra for Solo Saxophone, (Camden) CM239
Wood, Study no. 19, Balletico, from Sax Scorchers, (Saxtet) 118
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