Violin Exam Pieces 2020 – 2023, ABRSM Grade 2, Score, Part & CD

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM’s Grade 2 Violin syllabus for 2020–2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information.

The enclosed CD features inspiring recordings of the nine pieces in this book, plus piano accompaniment tracks for use when practising.

A version of this book without the CD is also available, as are audio downloads (see www.abrsmdownloads.org for more details).

Sheet Music

• Allegretto (from Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, 4th movt) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• Menuet in G, BWV Anh. II 114 [Christian Petzold]
• Minuett (No. 7 from The Double Dealer, Z. 592) [Henry Purcell]
• Theme (from Symphony No. 1, 3rd movt) [Gustav Mahler]
• Bamboo in the Breeze [Trad. Chinese]
• Castle on a Cloud (from Les Misérables) [Herbert Kretzmer / Jean-Marc Natel / Alain Boublil / Claude-Michel Schöenberg]
• The Ceilidh (No. 20 from Fast Forward) [Hugh Colledge / Katherine Colledge]
• Angry Tango [Timothy Kraemer]
• Hol háltál az éjjel cinegemadár? (Where did you sleep last night little bird?) (No. 5 from Tíz Könnyu Hegedu-Zongoradarab) [Trad. Hungarian]

RECORDINGS

• Allegretto (from Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, 4th movt) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• Menuet in G, BWV Anh. II 114 [Christian Petzold]
• Minuett (No. 7 from The Double Dealer, Z. 592) [Henry Purcell]
• Theme (from Symphony No. 1, 3rd movt) [Gustav Mahler]
• Bamboo in the Breeze [Trad. Chinese]
• Castle on a Cloud (from Les Misérables) [Herbert Kretzmer / Jean-Marc Natel / Alain Boublil / Claude-Michel Schöenberg]
• The Ceilidh (No. 20 from Fast Forward) [Hugh Colledge / Katherine Colledge]
• Angry Tango [Timothy Kraemer]
• Hol háltál az éjjel cinegemadár? (Where did you sleep last night little bird?) (No. 5 from Tíz Könnyu Hegedu-Zongoradarab) [Trad. Hungarian]
• Allegretto (from Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, 4th movt) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] – accompaniment only
• Menuet in G, BWV Anh. II 114 [Christian Petzold] – accompaniment only
• Minuett (No. 7 from The Double Dealer, Z. 592) [Henry Purcell] – accompaniment only
• Theme (from Symphony No. 1, 3rd movt) [Gustav Mahler] – accompaniment only
• Bamboo in the Breeze [Trad. Chinese] – accompaniment only
• Castle on a Cloud (from Les Misérables) [Herbert Kretzmer / Jean-Marc Natel / Alain Boublil / Claude-Michel Schöenberg] – accompaniment only
• The Ceilidh (No. 20 from Fast Forward) [Hugh Colledge / Katherine Colledge] – accompaniment only
• Angry Tango [Timothy Kraemer] – accompaniment only
• Hol háltál az éjjel cinegemadár? (Where did you sleep last night little bird?) (No. 5 from Tíz Könnyu Hegedu-Zongoradarab) [Trad. Hungarian] – accompaniment only