Description

The ABRSM Cello syllabus for Grades 1-7 offers an invaluable repertoire to explore for further study. The syllabus features a diverse range of contrasting styles, from the Renaissance works of Dowland to the 20th century compositions of Grainger, as well as pieces spanning the Baroque (Couperin) to the Ragtime era (Joplin). Importantly, the arrangements cover the note ranges and keys appropriate for the early cello grades.

Songs / Content

• 1. Londonderry Air (irish tune from County Derry) [Anon.]
• 2. Pieta, Signore [Stradella]
• 3. Music for a while from Oedipus [H. Purcell]
• 4. Es ist vollbracht from St John Passion [J. S. Bach]
• 5. Scherza, infida from Ariodante [George Frideric Handel]
• 6. Come fill, fill, my good fellow [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• 7. Standchen from Schwanengesang [Franz Schubert]
• 8. Prelude from Modern Suite, Op. 122 [Georg Goltermann]
• 9. Entr'acte from Carmen [Georges Bizet]
• 10. Chant de Veslemoy (Mosaique) [Johan Halvorsen]
• 11. Easy Winners [Joplin]
• 12. Tom Bowling from Fantasia on British Sea Songs [Henry Wood]
• 13. Theme from Caprice hongroise [Emile Dunkler]
• 14. Shepherd's Hey [Percy Grainger]
• 15. Captain Cockchafer from The Fairy Ring [Frederic Austin]
• 16. Robots' March [Gordon Jacob]
• 17. The Flycatcher [Thomas Hewitt Jones]