Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Cello 2020-2023
Grade: 6
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
1. Menuet 1 and Menuet 2: 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)$22.80 -
6 Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (Peters Edition)$25.34 -
Six Suites for Violoncello solo, BWV 1007-1012 (Bärenreiter)$20.51
2. Allemanda: 1st movt from Sonata in G minor, Op. 26 No. 5
Boismortier
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3. Allegro: 4th movt from Sonata in C, Op. 2 No. 5
B. Marcello
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$21.58
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Six Sonatas, Op. 2 for Cello (Peters Edition)$25.34
4. Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in F, Op. 1 No. 5
Boni
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Cello & Piano Vol. 2 (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$41.90
5. Siciliano and Allemanda: 1st and 2nd movts from Sonata in D minor, Op. 8 No. 3
De Fesch
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Best of Cello Classics (Schott)$23.50 -
Cello Sonatas Op.8 Nos. 3 & 4 (Peters Edition)$12.07
6. Grave and Allegro: 1st and 2nd movts from Sonata in A
D. Gabrielli
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The Complete Works for Violoncello (Bärenreiter)$40.42
7. Gavotte und Musette
Jean Baptiste Loeillet
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$19.04
8. Allegro: 2nd movt from Sinfonia in F
Pergolesi
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$30.47
9. Allegretto: 2nd movt from Sonata No. 2 in C minor
A. Scarlatti
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Three Sonatas for Cello (G. Schirmer)$15.23
10. Largo and Allegro: 3rd and 4th movts from Sonata in D, TWV 41:D6
Telemann
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Cello & Piano 1 (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$27.93 -
Sonata for Cello in D major TWV 41:D6 (Hortus Musicus/Bärenreiter)$17.49
List BAvailable In
3. Notturno: No. 3 from Quatre morceaux caractéristiques, Op. 43
Goltermann
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$28.58
5. Sicilienne
attrib. Paradis
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Learning the Tenor Clef (Violoncello & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.96 -
Sicilienne for Violin or Cello (Schott)$9.53
6. Allegro non troppo: 1st movt from Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 No. 1
Romberg
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Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 No. 1 (Dowani )$32.07 -
Solos for Young Cellists, Vol. 3 (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$24.07
7. Romance in F, Op. 36
Saint-Saëns
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Complete Shorter Works for Violoncello & Piano (Faber Music)$20.31 -
$11.37
8. Romance: No. 2 from Four Pieces, Op. 78
Sibelius
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Romance Op. 78/2 for Violin (or Cello) and Piano (Wilhelm Hansen)$11.42
9. Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
Tchaikovsky
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Cello & Piano 1 (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$27.93
10. Song of the Black Swan
Villa-Lobos
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Cello Song (Chester Music)$28.07 -
Steven Isserlis's Cello World (Faber Music)$17.77
List CAvailable In
1. Spanish Dance: No. 1 from Serenade Basque
Adorian
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Solos for Young Cellists, Vol. 3 (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$24.07
2. Joc cu bâta and Buciumeana: Nos. 1 and 4 from Romanian Folk Dances
Bartók
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Romanian Folk Dances for Cello (Universal Edition)$19.69
4. Pieza No. 1: from Tres piezas en clave de tango
Adriana Figueroa Mañas
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Tres piezas en clave de tango (Hildegard publishing company)$35.55
5. Sérénade espagnole: No. 2 from Deux morceaux, Op. 20
Glazunov
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Sérénade espagnole op. 20/2 - cello & piano (Belaieff)$12.69
6. Lebhaft: No. 3 from Drei leichte stücke
Hindemith
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Arietta for cello & piano (Schott)$17.77
7. Hip Hip Bourrée
Julian Jacobson
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Unbeaten Tracks (Violoncello & Piano) (Faber Music)$12.69
8. March: No. 2 from Five Studies in Major and Minor (SOLO)
Kabalevsky
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5 Studies Op. 67 for cello (Peters Edition)$10.10 -
Five Etudes in Major and Minor Keys (Sikorski)$10.80
9. Varsity Days: No. 1 from Pop Goes the Cello (SOLO)
Aaron Minsky
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Pop Goes the Cello (Oxford University Press)$18.73
10. Danse rustique, Op. 20 No. 5
Squire
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Danse Rustique (cello & piano) (Stainer & Bell)$10.10
Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
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$12.07
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 6 (ABRSM)$11.37 -
$25.34
