Description

Encore Violin is the official ABRSM violin exam collection, featuring the best-loved pieces from the past few decades. Violinists will find an appealing mix of repertoire, while teachers can be confident that the content has been carefully curated at every level.

Book 3 showcases popular Grade 5 and 6 pieces. Explore modern favorites and timeless classics, such as the Bach–Gounod Ave Maria and Brahms's Hungarian Dance in G minor. Footnotes provide background information, highlight the key skills developed by each piece, and suggest new ways to engage with the music.

Songs / Content

• 1. For Latin Lovers [Brian Chapple]
• 2. Ave Maria: Meditation sur le 1er Prelude de [J.] S. Bach]
• 3. Allegro. 2nd Mvt. from Sonata in F, Op. 1 No. 12, HWV 370 [George Frideric Handel]
• 4. Czardas, No. 3 from Hungarian Sketches, Op. 23 [Gustav Hille]
• 5. Pastorale, Op. 23 No. 1 [Oskar Rieding]
• 6. Sicilienne [Maria Theresia Paradis]
• 7. Bolero, No. 9 from Albumblatter [Carl Bohm]
• 8. Nocturne [Lili Boulanger]
• 9. Hungarian Dance: Book 1, No. 5 [Johannes Brahms]
• 10. Irish Idyll [Michael Head]
• 11. Youngsters' Dance: No. 19 from 24 Easy Little Concert Pieces [Istvan Szelenyi]
• 12. Vivace, first movement from Sonatina No. 6 in F, TWV 41:F1 [Georg Philipp Tele