Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Viola 2020-2023
Grade: 3
Candidates may perform some or all of their pieces with a string accompaniment. Pieces that are published as duets are marked (DUET) in the syllabus list. Pieces that are published with piano and string accompaniment options are marked (PF/VA) in the syllabus list, and may be performed with either accompaniment in the exam.
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 and the Exam Information & Regulations.
Pieces (for Practical Grades – select one from each list; for Performance Grades – select one from each list, plus an own-choice piece)
List AAvailable In
1. Presto: from Battalia, C. 61
Biber
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$13.91
2. Intrada: 1st movt from Suite de danses
M. Franck
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Suite de danses (Editions Marc Reift)$18.42
3. Minuet No. 3 in F
Handel
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String Festival Solos for Viola, Vol. 2 (Alfred Music)$7.94 -
String Festival Solos for Viola, Vol. 2, Piano accompaniment (Alfred Music)$11.37
4. Cantabile: 1st movt from Sonata in C, Op. 3 No. 1
Jean Baptiste Loeillet
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Sonata for Viola (Editions Marc Reift)$20.26
5. German Dance, K. 600 No. 2
Mozart
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Viola Music for Beginners (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$19.04
6. Minuet in D
Mozart
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Suzuki Viola School Vol.3 (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$18.99 -
Suzuki Viola School Vol.3 Piano Accompaniment (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$10.10
8. English Folk Song (PF/VA)
Trad. English
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Viola Recital Album - Volume 3 (Bärenreiter)$12.67
10. At the Hearth: Winter from The Four Seasons
Vivaldi
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List BAvailable In
1. Mist at Dawn: No. 2 from Jungle Adventures
Daphne Baker
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Jungle Adventures for Viola (Spartan Press)$8.83
2. Habanera: from Carmen (PF/VA)
Bizet
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Viola Time Sprinters - Piano accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$11.75 -
Viola Time Sprinters - Viola accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$10.10 -
Viola Time Sprinters (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$13.65
3. Andante pastorale (DUET)
G. Concone
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Compatible Duets for Strings (Viola) Vol. 2 (Carl Fischer)$21.53
4. Floating: No. 1 from Character Pieces, Book 1
Patsy Gritton
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Character Pieces, Book 1 (SJ Music)$19.69
6. Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 3
Mendelssohn
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7. Bitte: No. 4 from Zehn kleine stücke, Op. 213
Reinecke
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$19.69
8. Andante: 2nd movt from Concerto in E minor, Op. 35
Rieding
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Concerto in B minor Op 35 (viola & piano) (Bärenreiter)$12.67
9. In Dreams: from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Howard Shore
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Classic Movie Instrumental Solos for Viola (+ CD) (Alfred Music)$18.99
10. Waltz: from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Tchaikovsky
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$13.91
List CAvailable In
1. Pillow Dance: No. 14 from 44 Duos (DUET)
Bartók
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44 Duets for Two Violas (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$22.85
2. Wild West (PF/VA)
Kathy and David Blackwell
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Viola Time Sprinters - Piano accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$11.75
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Viola Time Sprinters - Viola accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$10.10
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Viola Time Sprinters (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$13.65
3. Stiffkey Blues: No. 21 from Shooting Stars
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
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4. I got plenty o' nuttin': from Porgy and Bess
Gershwin
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$13.91
5. Banana Skin: No. 5 from Got those Position Blues?
Edward Huws Jones
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Got Those Position Blues (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$10.80
6. Toad in the Hole (PF/VA)
Sheila Nelson
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Technitunes (Piano Accompaniments for violin, viola, cello, double bass) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$16.50 -
Technitunes for Viola (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$10.15
7. Blue Waltz
E. Pütz
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8. Could You Repeat That?
Philip Sparke
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Skilful Solos - Viola (+ CD) (Anglo Music)$22.67
9. Hevenu Shalom Alechem (DUET)
Trad. Klezmer
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That's Klezmer (Part for Viola(S)) (Peters Edition)$10.10
Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
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$11.37
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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$26.61 -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1–3 (ABRSM)$11.37 -
$21.53
