Trinity College London Double Bass 2016-2019 Grade 8 Syllabus

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Board:	Trinity College London
Syllabus:	Double Bass 2016-2019
Grade:	8

Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme. Instead of one piece, candidates may offer an own composition.

Pieces (select one from each list)

Group A	Available In
1. Lament, no. 3 Benstead	Four Episodes for double bass & piano (Yorke Edition ) $17.54

2. Air d’il Trovatore Bottesini	Arias for double bass & piano (Yorke Edition ) $8.07

3. Reverie Bottesini	Rêverie in D for double bass & piano (Orchestral Tuning) (McTier Music) $9.75

4. Choral Chapuis	Choral for double bass & piano (Recital Music) $15.78

5. Concerto no. 2, 2nd movt: Adagio Dittersdorf	Concertos Nos 1 & 2 for double bass (Yorke Edition ) $32.97

6. Sicilienne op. 78, p. 28 Fauré	Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Bärenreiter) $23.99

7. Elegie, p. 26 Furtok	Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Bärenreiter) $23.99

8. Adagio Geissel	Solos for the Double Bass Player (G. Schirmer) $16.76

9. Concertino op. 10 Gouffé	Concertino Op. 10 for Double Bass (Billaudot ) $21.03

10. Miniature Hauta-Aho	Miniature for double bass & piano (Recital Music) $15.78

11. Romance Nielson	Fantasy Pieces Op. 2 for double bass & piano (Associated Music Publishers) $12.27

12. Tambourin Rameau ed. Sterling	Two Eighteenth-Century Pieces - double bass & piano (Stainer & Bell ) $8.77

13. Scherzo op. 46 no. 5 Ratez	Characteristic Pieces Book 2 for double bass & piano (Recital Music) $17.54

14. Any one piece Tulácek	Three Pieces for Double Bass & Piano (Recital Music) $20.97

15. Aria Da Capo Wilson	Aria Da Capo for double bass & piano (Recital Music) $12.27

Group B	Available In
1. Finale Benstead	Four Episodes for double bass & piano (Yorke Edition ) $17.54

2. 3rd mvt: Allegro con brio Breuer	Sonatine for double bass and piano (Breitkopf & Härtel) $39.01

3. Concerto in G, 1st movt: Allegro Cimador	Concerto in G for double bass and piano (Yorke Edition ) $16.48

4. Concerto in C, 1st movt: Allegro maestoso Dragonetti ed. Heyes	Concerto in C major for double bass & piano (Recital Music) $21.39

5. Waltz no. 7 or Waltz no. 11 Dragonetti	12 Waltzes for solo double bass (Henle ) $11.92

6. Sonata in G minor, 2nd movt: Corrente and 3rd movt: Adagio Eccles	Sonata in G minor - for double bass & piano (IMC) $15.36

7. Variations on a favourite Styrian Folk Song Eisengräßer	Festival Performance Solos - Double Bass (Carl Fischer) $18.22

8. Capriccio no. 5 Gajdos	Selected Works for Bass (Theodore Presser) $13.96

9. Sonata in C minor, 1st movt: Adagio and 2nd movt: Allegro Handel	Solos for the Double Bass Player (G. Schirmer) $16.76

10. Introduction and Scherzo Jacob	A Little Concerto - Double Bass & Piano (Yorke Edition ) $16.48

11. Rondo Keyper	Romance and Rondo for double bass (Yorke Edition ) $13.96

12. Gavotte Lorenzetti	Gavotte for double bass & piano (bass in orchestral tuning) (Bartholomew) $9.75

13. Blues with a Swing Osborne	Moving On Again! for double bass & piano (Recital Music) $22.09

14. Sinfonia in F, 1st movt: Comodo AND 2nd movt: Allegro Pergolesi	Sinfonia in F major - double bass & piano (Bartholomew) $15.36

15. Concerto in C, 1st movt: Allegro moderato Pichl ed. Elliott	Concerto in C for Double Bass & Piano (Bartholomew) $21.74

16. Sonata in G, 1st movt: Adagio and 2nd movt: Allegro Quantz ed. Russell	Sonata in G major for double bass & piano (Recital Music) $17.54

17. Hornpipe Reynolds	Hornpipe for double bass & piano (Bartholomew) $13.96

18. Sonata in E minor op. 38 no. 1, 3rd movt, Rondo — Allegretto Romberg	Sonata in E minor Op 38 No.1 for double bass (IMC) $20.34

19. Sonata no. 3 in A minor, RV 43, 1st movt: Largo and 2nd movt: Allegro Vivaldi	Sonata no.3 in A minor RV 43 (for double bass) (IMC) $15.36

Orchestral extracts	Available In
1. Othello [4. Akt], page 44 (entire extract) Verdi	Orchester Probespiel: Kontrabass (Schott) $28.04

2. Pulcinella-Suite [7. Satz], page 60 (fig. 85 to bar before fig. 89, without repeat) Stravinsky	Orchester Probespiel: Kontrabass (Schott) $28.04

3. Sinfonie Nr. 8 [3. Satz: Scherzo], pages 30-31 (bar 105 to 1st note of bar 145) Schubert	Orchester Probespiel: Kontrabass (Schott) $28.04

Also Recommended	Available In
1. Scales, Arpeggios and Studies	Double Bass Scales, Arpeggios & Studies Initial–Grade 8 from 2016 (Trinity College London) $15.43

2. Sight Reading	Sound at Sight Double Bass Initial-Grade 8 (Trinity College London) $9.12

3. Aural Tests	Aural Tests Book 2, from 2017 (Grades 6–8) (+ 2 CDs) (Trinity College London) $16.83

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