Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Viola 2020-2023
Grade: 7
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. Allegro molto ma maestoso: 1st movt from Cello Concerto in C minor
attrib. J. C. Bach
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Concerto in C minor (viola & piano) (Salabert )$19.44
2. Gigue: from Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (SOLO)
J. S. Bach
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6 Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012 for Viola (Peters Edition)$23.04 -
The Solo Cello Suites arranged for Viola (Chester Music)$17.01
3. Fantasia and Bizzarria: 3rd and 4th movts from Invenzione in Bb, Op. 10 No. 3
Bonporti
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Two Inventions for Viola (Kunzelmann )$20.61
4. La Chambor (Allemande)
Caix d’Hervelois
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$13.98
5. 1st movt: from Sonata in F
Grazioli
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A Second Lionel Tertis Album for viola & piano (Weinberger)$23.04 -
Sonata In F: Viola & piano (Stainer & Bell)$8.78
6. Divertimento (3rd movt)
Haydn
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Solos for Young Violists, Vol. 3 (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$16.41
7. Classical: from Étude No. 3 (SOLO)
Robin Ireland
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Concert Etudes for Viola (Clifton Edition)$10.88
8. Overture: 1st movt from Suite in D
Telemann
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Suite in D Major - Viola & Piano (Schott)$13.98
9. Largo and Allegro: 1st and 2nd movts from Sonata No. 4 in B?, RV 45
Vivaldi
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$30.33
10. Theme and Variations 1, 2 and 3: from Variationen über das österreichische Volkslied 'A Schüsserl und a Reind'rl'
Weber
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Six Variations in C major (Peters Edition)$19.39
List BAvailable In
1. Processional: from Meditation and Processional
Bloch
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Meditation and Processional - Viola & Piano (G. Schirmer)$18.54
3. Ballad, Op. 13
Coates
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A Second Lionel Tertis Album for viola & piano (Weinberger)$23.04
4. Sonnenhut: No. 10 from Klangblumen
Barbara Heller
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$24.30
7. Vocalise: No. 14 from 14 Songs, Op. 34
Rachmaninoff
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Vocalise Op. 34 No.14 arranged for viola & piano (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$13.36
8. Adagio: 2nd movt from Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
Schubert
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Solos for the Viola Player (G. Schirmer)$24.30 -
Sonata in A minor D821 "Arpeggione" - Viola (Bärenreiter)$19.06
9. No. 1: from Märchenbilder, Op. 113
Schumann
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$20.06 -
Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures) Op. 113 for Viola (Peters Edition)$18.17
10. Passionate Confession
Tchaikovsky
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$12.76
List CAvailable In
1. An Evening in the Village
Bartók
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An Evening in the Village - Slovak Peasant's Dance - viola & piano (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$12.14
2. Blues Variations
Colin Cowles
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Blues Variations - Viola & Piano (Clifton Edition)$12.10
3. Village Dance
Dimitrescu
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Music for Viola III (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$21.87
4. Molto vivace e sempre marcato: 3rd movt from Sonatine for Viola
Genzmer
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Sonatine viola (Peters Edition)$19.39
5. Lullaby: No. 1 from For Sydney (SOLO)
Amanda Harberg
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For Sydney (Theodore Presser)$19.39
7. Elegie: 2nd movt from Suite, Op. 5
Husa
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Suite for Viola & Piano Op. 5 (Associated Music Publishers)$39.51
8. Allegro: 1st movt from Sonatina for Viola
Bryan Kelly
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Sonatina for Viola and Piano (Clifton Edition)$10.88
9. No. 3: from Drei Romanzen, Op. 69
Kiel
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Drei Romanzen, Op. 6 (Viola & Piano) (Kunzelmann )$20.61 -
Three Romances for Viola, Op. 69 (Breitkopf & Härtel Musica Rara)$19.44
10. Prelude: No. 1 from Suite for Viola, Group 1
Vaughan Williams
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Suite for Viola and Orchestra - Reduction for viola and piano (Oxford University Press)$34.34
Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
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$10.88
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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$27.96 -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 7 (ABRSM)$10.33 -
$23.71
