Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Cello 2020-2023
Grade: 8
Important information:
Please note that the information listed below does not contain complete syllabus details. Therefore, when planning an exam entry, it is important to refer to the current syllabus - for Practical Grades or Performance Grades - and the Exam Information & Regulations.
Important information:
Please note that the information listed below does not contain complete syllabus details. Therefore, when planning an exam entry, it is important to refer to the current syllabus - for Practical Grades or Performance Grades - and the Exam Information & Regulations.
Audio downloads: Purchase audio recordings of pieces from this syllabus.
Pieces (select one from each list)
List AAvailable In
2. Prélude: from Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007 (SOLO)
J. S. Bach
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6 Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (Peters Edition)$18.62 -
6 Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (Peters Edition)$15.32 -
Six Suites for Violoncello solo, BWV 1007-1012 (Bärenreiter)$17.80
3. Adagio and Allegro: 1st and 2nd movts from Sonata No. 2 in D, BWV 1028
J. S. Bach
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5. Präludium and Courante: 1st and 2nd movts from Sonata in G minor
H. Eccles
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Sonata in G minor - cello & piano (Schott)$16.79
6. Andante and Allegro: 1st and 2nd movts from Sonata in C, Op. 5 No. 3
Geminiani
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6 Sonatas for Cello, Op. 5 (Peters Edition)$20.32 -
Six Sonatas for Cello, Op. 5, Vol. 1 (Ut Orpheus Edizioni)$34.24
7. Allegro: 1st movt from Concerto in G minor
M. G. Monn
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Cello Concerto In Gmin Cello & Piano (Universal Edition)$23.25
8. Lento and Allegro: 1st and 2nd movts from Sonata in D, TWV 41:D6
Telemann
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Cello & Piano 1 (Editio Musica Budapest )$20.66 -
Sonata for Cello in D major TWV 41:D6 (Hortus Musicus/Bärenreiter)$14.73
9. Allemanda: 2nd movt from Sonata in G minor, RV 42
Vivaldi
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Complete Cello Sonatas RV39-47 (Bärenreiter)$36.83
10. Allegro non molto (Andante): 1st movt from Concerto in C minor, RV 401
Vivaldi
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$10.27
List BAvailable In
1. Chant triste: No. 3 from Quatre morceaux, Op. 56
Arensky
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Cello & Piano Vol. 2 (Editio Musica Budapest )$20.66
2. Prayer: No. 1 from From Jewish Life
Bloch
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Music for Cello & Piano (Carl Fischer)$22.61 -
Prayer (Cello & Piano) (Carl Fischer)$13.57
4. Elégie in memoriam Joan Dickson
Bosanquet
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Elegie In Memoriam Cello (SJ Music)$12.86
5. Allegretto quasi menuetto and Trio: 2nd movt from Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
Brahms
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Cello Sonata in E min Op. 38 (Peters Edition)$10.43 -
Sonata Op. 38 in E min Cello Piano (Wiener Urtext Edition) (Wiener Urtext )$17.44
6. Romance
Delius
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Collected Edition of the Works of Frederick Delius vol.31c: Works for Cello & Piano (Boosey & Hawkes/Delius Trust)$12.91
7. Elégie, Op. 24
Fauré
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Elegie Op. 24 for Cello & Piano (United Music Publishing (UMP))$12.28
8. Romanze, Op. 24 No. 1
Le Beau
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Five Pieces for Violoncello, Op. 24 (Furore-Verlag)$25.78
10. Andante: 3rd movt from Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Rachmaninoff
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Cello Sonata Op. 19 (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$34.88
List CAvailable In
1. Scherzo: 2nd movt from Sonata in A, Op. 69
Beethoven
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Sonatas for Cello & Piano (Henle )$40.05
3. Passacaglia on an Old English Tune
Rebecca Clarke
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Shorter Pieces For Cello & Piano (Oxford University Press)$25.20
4. Tarantelle, Op. 24
Goens
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Tarantelle, op. 24 - cello & piano (Editio Musica Budapest )$7.74
7. Broadway: No. 3 from Ten American Cello Etudes
Aaron Minsky
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10 American Cello Etudes (Oxford University Press)$16.48
8. Montagues and Capulets: from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Prokofiev
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Cellowise 2 (Spartan Press )$16.73
9. Allegro appassionato, Op. 43
Saint-Saëns
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Allegro Appassionato Op. 43 cello (Durand )$12.86 -
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10. Julie-O (SOLO)
Mark Summer
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Solos for Young Cellists, Vol. 5 (Summy-Birchard)$17.44
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2. Sight Reading Tests
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$9.37
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 8 (ABRSM)$9.69 -
$21.90