Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Violin 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.
Audio downloads: Purchase audio recordings of pieces from this syllabus.
Pieces (for Practical Grades – select one from each list; for Performance Grades – select one from each list, plus an own-choice piece)
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1. Allegro: 3rd movt from Concerto in D minor
Mendelssohn
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$26.72
2. Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in E minor, Op. 2 No. 8
F. M. Veracini
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$26.72
3. Allegro: 1st movt from Concerto in F, 'L'autunno', Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293
Vivaldi
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$26.72
4. Allemanda: 1st movt from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (SOLO)
J. S. Bach
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$19.48
5. 1st movt: from Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
J. S. Bach
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Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 - violin & piano (Bärenreiter)$15.94 -
$20.51
6. Allegro vivace: 3rd movt from Sonata in G, Op. 30 No. 3
Beethoven
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$46.61
7. Vivace, Adagio and Allegro: 3rd, 4th and 5th movts from Sonata in F, Op. 5 No. 4
Corelli
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Violin Sonatas, Op. 5, Vol. 1 (Wiener Urtext )$31.06
8. Tempo giusto: 3rd movt from Sonata in A, Op. 10 No. 2
Kammel
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$34.18
9. Largo–Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in Bb, K. 454
Mozart
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Complete Works for Violin & Piano, Vol.II (Bärenreiter)$49.59 -
$32.93
10. Larghetto and Vivace: 2nd and 1st movts from Sonata in Eb
Schreivogel
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Sonata in Eb (Edition HH)$13.61
List BAvailable In
1. Adagio: 2nd movt from Concerto No. 9 in A minor, Op. 104
C.-A. de Bériot
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$26.72
2. Vidui: No. 1 from Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life)
Bloch
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$26.72
3. Andante, Op. 75
Fauré
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$26.72
4. Tango, Op. 165 No. 2
Albéniz
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Repertoire Best Pieces For Violin/pf (Schott)$25.48 -
Tango Op. 165 No.2 violin (Schott)$9.93
5. Presto agitato: 4th movt from Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Brahms
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Sonata Dmin Op. 108 Violin/piano (Wiener Urtext Edition) (Wiener Urtext )$16.14 -
Sonata in D minor for Violin and Piano, op. 108 (Bärenreiter)$10.04
6. Andante: 4th movt from Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
Lalo
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Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21 (Peters Edition)$27.28
7. Chant: 3rd movt from Suite pour violon, Op. 50 (SOLO)
Florentine Mulsant
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Suite pour violon op. 50 (Furore-Verlag)$15.54
9. Canzonetta (Andante): 2nd movt from Concerto in D, Op. 35
Tchaikovsky
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Three Romantic Violin Concertos for violin & piano (G. Schirmer)$27.33 -
Violin Concerto in D Op.35 (Peters Edition)$26.04
List CAvailable In
1. Capriccio, Op. 18
Chaminade
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$26.72
2. Sakura (SOLO)
Trad. Japanese
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$26.72
3. Levee Dance
C. C. White
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$26.72
4. Buciumeana, Poarga româneasca and Marun?el: Nos. 4, 5 and 6 from Romanian Folk Dances
Bartók
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6 Romanian Folk Dances for violin & piano (Universal Edition)$21.12 -
Roumanian Folk Dances (Violin & Piano) (Boosey & Hawkes (New York))$13.66
5. D’un matin de printemps
L. Boulanger
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7. Hornpipe rondo: 3rd movt from Concerto for Violin
Finzi
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Boosey & Hawkes Violin Anthology (Violin & Piano) (Boosey & Hawkes (New York))$31.06 -
Violin Concerto for Violin & Piano Reduction (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$26.09
8. It ain't necessarily so: from Porgy and Bess
G. & I. Gershwin and Heyward
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Porgy and Bess Selections for Violin (Chappell )$12.42
9. Allegro brillant, Op. 19
ten Have
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Allegro Brillant Op. 19 Violin & Piano (Bosworth)$8.69 -
Solos For Young Violinists Book 4 (Summy-Birchard)$15.54
10. November: Eleven: from Once Around the Sun (SOLO)
Joby Talbot
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November: Eleven for Violin (Chester Music)$9.93
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2. Sight Reading Tests
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$11.12
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 8 (ABRSM)$11.12 -
$24.86
