Singing Grade 5

Singing Grade 5 repertoire list for face-to-face and digital exams (from 2023)

For full guidance on repertoire selection, including the option to perform an own composition, please refer to the syllabus.


You can download here a PDF of all Grade 5 songs. Alternatively, download a PDF of the complete repertoire list for all grades.

Grade 5 Songs

 

No.
Key & Range
Composer
Song
Book
Publisher & Code
1
F; f'-f"
Flotow
(F) The Last Rose of Summer (Martha) (Flotow version only)
The First Book of Soprano Solos Part II
Schirmer GS82064 
2
A♭; e♭'-a♭" [F]
Handel
Dove sei (Art Thou Troubled?) (Rodelinda)
Art Thou Troubled?
Novello NOV170006 (high), NOV170007 (medium)
3
E; B-e' 
Handel
(M) How Willing my Paternal Love (Samson) 
Samson: vocal score
Novello NOV070144 
4
D; b-d"
Handel
Sorge nel petto (Solace to my Heart) (Rinaldo) 
Aria Album from Handel's Operas (Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto)
Bärenreiter BA10253
5
E♭; b♭-d♭"(e♭")
Handel
(F) Sweet Rose and Lily (Theodora)
Theodora: vocal score
Novello NOV070459 
6
F; d-f' [D]
Lully
(M) Bois épais (Amadis) 
The Language of Song: Elementary
Faber 0571523455 (high), 0571523463 (low)
7
Fm; f'-f"
Mozart
(F) L’ho perduta (Barbarina’s aria) (Le nozze di Figaro) 
Great Mozart Arias for Soprano
Dover DP19635
8
F; c'-e"
Sullivan
(F) My Lord, a Suppliant at thy Feet (recit. and air) (Iolanthe) 
Gilbert and Sullivan for Singers (Mezzo-Soprano)
Hal Leonard HL00740215
9
F; c'-f"
Sullivan
(F) When a Merry Maiden Marries (The Gondoliers) 
The Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Songbook
Dover 0486234827

 

No.
Key & Range
Composer
Song
Book
Publisher & Code
10
F; c'-e♭"
Arlen
Any Place I Hang my Hat is Home 
The Judy Garland Souvenir Songbook
Hal Leonard HL00312157
11
E♭; c'-f"
Arlen
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) (performances must include the section starting ‘When all the world is a hopeless jumble’, as printed in Over the Rainbow)
Over the Rainbow
Trinity Faber TCL011480
12
Fm; c'-f"
Bart
Reviewing The Situation (Oliver!) 
Over the Rainbow
Trinity Faber TCL011480
13
B♭; c-e♭'
Berlin
My Defences are Down (Annie Get Your Gun)
Over the Rainbow
Trinity Faber TCL011480
14
F; c'-d"
Bernstein
A Little Bit in Love (Wonderful Town) (no cuts)
Wonderful Town: Vocal Selections
Boosey M060936401
15
Cm; c'-e"
Bock
(F) Far from the Home I Love (Fiddler on the Roof) 
Whistle Down the Wind
Trinity Faber TCL011497
16
C; c-e'
Coleman
(M) Museum Song (with extended ending) (Barnum)
Barnum: Vocal Selections
Hal Leonard HL00313355
17
E♭; c-g'
Coleman
(M) Stay with Me (City of Angels)
City of Angels: Vocal Selections
Hal Leonard HL00313356
18
E♭; e♭'-f"
Gershwin
(M) Bidin’ My Time (Girl Crazy) 
The Best of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Faber 0571525768
19
E♭; d'-f"
Gershwin
But Not for Me (Girl Crazy) 
Whistle Down the Wind
Trinity Faber TCL011497
20
G; d-e'
Gershwin
(M) Somebody Loves Me (George White’s Scandals of 1922) 
The Best of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Faber 0571525768
21
F; c'-f"
Gershwin
Swanee (Capitol Revue)
The Best of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Faber 0571525768
22
E♭; b♭-e♭"
Gesner
The Kite (Charlie Brown's Kite) (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown: Vocal Selections
Hal Leonard HL00740595
23
G; g-c#"
Gore
Out Here on My Own (Fame) (including repeat)
Teen Pop Broadway Collection
Cherry Lane HL02501597
24
A; a-e"
Grossman
Mama, a Rainbow (Minnie's Boys) 
The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Baritone/Bass)
Hal Leonard HL00740125
25
B♭; c'-d"
Kern
(F) Bill (Show Boat) 
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Soprano)
Hal Leonard HL00361071
26
B♭; g-eb"
Lloyd Webber
(F) Memory (Cats)
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Mezzo-Soprano)
Hal Leonard HL00361072
27
B♭m; A-b♭
Lloyd Webber
(M) Pilate’s Dream (Jesus Christ Superstar) 
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Baritone/Bass)
Hal Leonard HL00747033
28
F; B-d'
Loesser
(M) Guys and Dolls (Guys and Dolls)
Guys and Dolls: Vocal Selections
MPL AM70061
29
C; b-g"
Loewe
(F) I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
My Fair Lady: Vocal Selections
Faber 0571526632
30
F; A-d'
Loewe
(M) They Call the Wind Maria (Paint your Wagon) 
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Baritone/Bass)
Hal Leonard HL00361074
31
C; b♭-e"
Maltby & Shire
I Want to Go Home (Big) 
Over the Rainbow
Trinity Faber TCL011480
32
D; c'-d"
McConaghie
There Must Be More (Grace Online) 
Whistle Down the Wind
Trinity Faber TCL011497
33
G; d'-f"
Menken
Cold Enough to Snow (Life with Mikey) 
Alan Menken Songbook
Hal Leonard HL00313198
34
D; a-d"
Menken
Home (Beauty and the Beast, the Broadway Musical) 
Contemporary Disney
Hal Leonard HL00313169
35
G; b-c"
Menken
Somewhere that's Green (Little Shop of Horrors)
Broadway Presents! Teens' Musical Theatre Anthology (Female Edition)
Alfred 32024
36
E; g#-e"
Menken
When Will My Life Begin? (Tangled)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
Hal Leonard HL00256650
37
B♭; b♭-d"
Miller
Everlasting (Tuck Everlasting)
Tuck Everlasting: Vocal Selections
Hal Leonard HL00190505
38
B♭; f-e"
Minchin
My House (Matilda the Musical) 
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
39
G; g-d"
O'Keefe & Benjamin
Legally Blonde (Legally Blonde) 
Over the Rainbow
Trinity Faber TCL011480
40
F; b-c"
Porter
Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate) 
Whistle Down the Wind
Trinity Faber TCL011497
41
G; b-e"
Rodgers
People Will Say We're in Love (Oklahoma!) (no repeat) 
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection
Williamson HL00313207
42
E♭; c'-b♭'
Rodgers
Shall we Dance? (The King and I)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection
Williamson HL00313207
43
E; d#-e'
Rodgers
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Oklahoma!) 
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Baritone/Bass)
Hal Leonard HL00747033
44
D♭; c'-f"
Rodgers
(F) What’s the Use of Wond’rin’ (Carousel) 
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Soprano)
Hal Leonard HL00361071
45
A; e'-f#"
Russell
(M) I’m Not Saying a Word (Blood Brothers) 
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
46
D♭; e♭-b♭'
Russell, Willis & Bray
Too Beautiful for Words (The Color Purple) 
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
47
E♭; g♭-c"
Schönberg
(F) I Dreamed a Dream (Les Misérables) 
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Mezzo-Soprano)
Hal Leonard HL00747031
48
b-e"
Schönberg
(F) When Will Someone Hear? (Martin Guerre) 
50 Showstoppers: The White Book
Music Sales AM953843
49
E♭; b♭-e♭"
Sondheim
Anyone Can Whistle (Anyone Can Whistle) 
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
50
D♭; d'-f"
Stiles
Different (Honk!) 
Whistle Down the Wind
Trinity Faber TCL011497
51
B♭; f-b♭'
Styne
(F) Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) 
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Mezzo-Soprano)
Hal Leonard HL00361072
52
F; c'-f"
Weill
My Ship (Lady in the Dark) 
Over the Rainbow
Trinity Faber TCL011480
53
G; b-e"(g") 
Weill
Oh the Rio Grande (Cowboy Song) (Johnny Johnson) 
Kurt Weill Songs: A Centennial Anthology vol. 2
Alfred PF9922 
54
C; c'-e♭" 
Weill
September Song (Knickerbocker Holiday) (NB 1 verse only to be sung: either first verse (male) or second verse (female))
Kurt Weill Songs: A Centennial Anthology vol. 2
Alfred PF9922 
55
C#m; b-d"
Wildhorn
Once Upon a Dream (Jekyll and Hyde) 
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Soprano)
Hal Leonard HL00740122
56
A♭; b-e"
Wildhorn
Only Love (The Scarlet Pimpernel) 
Over the Rainbow
Trinity Faber TCL011480
57
G; b-d"
Wildhorn
When I Look at You (The Scarlet Pimpernel) 
Whistle Down the Wind
Trinity Faber TCL011497

 

No.
Key & Range
Composer
Song
Book
Publisher & Code
58
E♭; e♭'-e♭"
Adams
Love Response
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
59
F; c'-f"
Arne
The Lass with the Delicate Air
The Lass with the Delicate Air
Banks OSS49
60
F; c'-f" [D]
Barber
The Daisies, op. 2 no. 1 
15 American Art Songs
Schirmer GS82645 (high), GS82607 (low)
61
F; c'-f"
R R Bennett
A Song at Evening
A Song at Evening
Novello NOV170621
62
A; c#'-e"
R R Bennett
The Bird’s Lament 
The Aviary
Universal UE14168
63
D; A-d'
Blow
(M) The Self-Banished 
The New Imperial Edition of Bass Songs
Boosey M051904501
64
G; c#'-f#" [E♭]
Blow
Tell Me No More 
English Songs: Renaissance to Baroque
Hal Leonard HL00740018 (high), HL00740019 (low)
65
B♭; a-e♭" [C] [E♭]
Brahe
Bless this House 
Bless this House 
Boosey M060013591 (in B♭), M060013607 (in C), M060013614 (in E♭)
66
C; f'-f"
Britten
Begone Dull Care! 
Friday Afternoons, op. 7
Boosey M060105005
67
E; b-e"
Britten
(F) The Birds 
The Birds
Boosey M060013980
68
E; c#'-f"
Bullard
Come Live with Me and Be My Love
Come Live with Me and Be My Love
Colne CE37
69
D; d-e'
Butterworth
(M) When I was One and Twenty 
A Shropshire Lad and Other Songs
Stainer B333
70
A♭; e♭'-f" 
Campion
Fair, if You Expect Admiring
Fair, if You Expect Admiring
Trinity (download)
71
F#m; d'-e" [Em]
Chilcott
All for Love of One
Oxford Solo Songs: Secular
OUP 9780193556805 (high), 9780193556812 (low)
72
Am; e'-g" [Em]
Clucas
Evenfall
Evenfall
Recital RMS125
73
A♭; e♭'-e♭"
Copland
Simple Gifts 
The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy Song Collection
Boosey M060112256
74
Cm; c'-e♭''
Dove
(F) Weep Not, My Wanton (On Spital Fields) 
Songs & Arias for Soprano
Peters EP7898
75
Gm; f#-f" 
Dowland
Come Away, Come Sweet Love
English Lute Songs book 2
Stainer B617
76
B♭; g'-g" 
Dowland
Flow Not So Fast
English Lute Songs book 2
Stainer B617
77
Am; e'-f" 
Dowland
What if I Never Speed
English Lute Songs book 2
Stainer B617
78
E♭; e♭'-g" [C]
Dunhill
The Cloths of Heaven 
The Cloths of Heaven 
Stainer H183 (high), SS15 (low)
79
B♭m; f'-f" [Gm]
A Gibbs
Five Eyes 
Five Eyes 
Boosey M060030840 (high), M060030833 (low)
80
G; e'-g"
Haydn
Piercing Eyes 
The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 3
Chester CH55319
81
F; c'-f"
Head
Sweet Chance that Led my Steps Abroad 
Song Album 1: Songs of the Countryside
Boosey M051922260
82
A♭; e♭'-a♭" [F]
Head
The Little Road to Bethlehem 
The Little Road to Bethlehem 
Boosey M060032400 (in A♭), M060032394 (in F)
83
E♭; b♭-e♭"(g")
Head
When Sweet Ann Sings
When Sweet Ann Sings
Boosey M060831836
84
G; d'-f"
Hely-Hutchinson
The Owl and the Pussy Cat 
Three Nonsense Songs
Patersons PAT00706
85
Em; d'-e"
Higginson
Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun (Cymbeline) 
The Boosey & Hawkes Shakespeare Song Album
Boosey M060104657
86
F; c'-d"
Ireland
Spring Sorrow 
The Complete Works for Voice and Piano vol. 4
Stainer B599
87
E♭; b♭-e♭'
Keel
Trade Winds
Trade Winds
Boosey M060034510
88
E; b-e"
Munro
My Lovely Celia
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
89
Gm; g'-f"
Pilkington
Rest, Sweet Nymphs 
English Lute Songs book 2
Stainer B617
90
C; c'-f"
Price
Night
Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers
Hildegard 491-00494
91
G; c#'-e"
Purcell
I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly (The Indian Queen)
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
92
C; e'-g" [A♭] 
Purcell
(M) Man is for the Woman Made, Z605 
40 Songs
IMC 2071 (high), 2072 (low)
93
E; b-f#"
Quartel
All the Way Home
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
94
Dm; d'-e" 
Quilter
By the Sea (Three Songs of the Sea) 
55 Songs
Hal Leonard HL00740225 (high), HL00740226 (low)
95
G♭; e♭'-g♭"
Quilter
Dream Valley 
The New Imperial Edition of Mezzo-Soprano Songs
Boosey M051904105
96
D♭; f'-f"
Quilter
How Should I Your True Love Know? 
A Century of English Song vol. 1 (Soprano)
Thames TH978421
97
F; d'-f" [E] [D]
Quilter
June 
June 
Boosey (custom print) M060021725 (high), M060021718 (medium), 0002500086 (low)
98
Fm; e♭'-g" [Dm]
Quilter
Weep You No More 
7 Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12
Boosey M060021879 (high), M060021862 (low)
99
D; a-d"
Rich
American Lullaby
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
100
B♭; d'-f"
Rorem
Early in the Morning 
50 Collected Songs
Boosey M051933952 (high), M051933969 (medium/low)
101
F; c'-e" [E♭]
Rutter
A Flower Remembered
Oxford Solo Songs: Secular
OUP 9780193556805 (high), 9780193556812 (low)
102
F; b♭-d"(g")
Rutter
All Things Bright and Beautiful (NB only this version may be used)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
OUP 9780193420625
103
C; d'-g"
Shield
Ye Balmy Breezes Gently Blow 
O Tuneful Voice
OUP 9780193457461
104
B♭; c'-f" [G]
Shield, arr. Britten
The Plough Boy (NB must be Britten arrangement)
Folksong Arrangements vol. 3
Boosey M060014352 (high), M060014345 (medium)
105
E♭; d♭'-e♭"
Stove
Lullaby
Lullaby
Wirripang M720041070
106
G♭; g♭'-a♭"
Trad., arr. Britten
The Salley Gardens (NB must be Britten arrangement)
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
107
C; b♭-e♭''
Trad., arr. Harty
My Lagan Love 
The New Imperial Edition of Bass Songs
Boosey M051904501
108
G; d'-e"
Vaughan Williams
Linden Lea 
Song Album vol. 1
Boosey M060074912
109
E♭; e♭'-f" [C]
Warlock
Balulalow 
Sing Solo: Christmas
OUP 9780193854055 (high), 9780193851986 (low)
110
A; e'-e"
Warlock
Chopcherry 
The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 2 
Chester CH55318
111
F; e'-d"(f") [D]
Wood
A Brown Bird Singing
A Brown Bird Singing
Music Sales AM947936 (in F), AM947947 (in D)
112
c#'-d" 
Yates
An Angry Cactus Does No Good 
The Trouble with Geraniums
Wirripang M720011097
113
b-e" 
Yates
The Trouble with Geraniums
The Trouble with Geraniums
Wirripang M720011097

 

No.
Key & Range
Composer
Song
Book
Publisher & Code
114
G; d'-d"
Anon., attrib. Rosa
Star Vicino
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
115
F; f'-f"
Boulanger
Cantique 
Mélodies pour voix moyenne
Hamelle HA09725
116
G; d'-g" [F] [E♭]
Brahms
Sonntag, op. 47 no. 3 
Lieder 1 or The Language of Song: Elementary
Peters EP3201a (high), 3201b (medium), 3201c (low) or Faber 0571523455 (high), 0571523463 (low)
117
Em; e'-e" [Cm]
Caldara
Sebben, crudele 
26 Italian Songs and Arias or The Language of Song: Elementary
Alfred 3402 (medium high), 3403 (medium low) (with CD: 3396/3397) or Faber 0571523455 (high), 0571523463 (low)
118
E♭; b♭-e♭" or G [E♭] 
Chausson
Le charme 
Mélodies pour chant et piano or The Language of Song: Intermediate
Leduc HA09024 or Faber 0571523439 (high), 0571523447 (low)
119
F; c-f'
Delibes
(M) Bonjour, Suzon 
The First Book of Tenor Solos Part II
Schirmer GS82066
120
G; f#'-e"
Franck
Panis Angelicus (O Lord, Most Holy) 
Songs of Prayer or Sacred Tenor Arias
Mayhew 1450213 or 3611735
121
D♭; e'-f"
Franz
Stille sicherheit 
The First Book of Tenor Solos Part II
Schirmer GS82066
122
C; c'-c"
Gasparini
Caro laccio, dolce nodo
Singing Grade 5 from 2023
Buy printed book
123
E♭; c'/d'-g"
Greger
Frühlingshymne
Lieder Album
Furore 6790
124
Dm; d'-g"
Grieg
(F) The Princess 
The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 2
Chester CH55318
125
B; b-d#"
Hahn
L’heure exquise 
Chansons grises
Heugel HE7784
126
Fm; e♭'-e♭"
Hahn
Tyndaris, no. 7 
Études latines
Heugel HE20174
127
F; c'-f" [E♭]
Martini
Plaisir d’amour 
Plaisir d’amour 
Schirmer GS28150
128
G; d'-e"
Mendelssohn
Der Blumenstrauss
Der Blumenstrauss
Trinity (download)
129
A; e'-f#"
Mendelssohn
Minnelied 
The First Book of Soprano Solos
Schirmer GS81173
130
C; g'-g"
Mozart
Oiseau, si tous les ans
Oiseau, si tous les ans
Trinity (download)
131
F; f'-f" [D]
Reger
Mariä Wiegenlied (The Virgin’s Slumber Song/Mary’s Cradle Song)
The Language of Song: Intermediate
Faber 0571523439 (high), 0571523447 (low)
132
G; d'-g"
Reger
Waldeinsamkeit
Waldeinsamkeit
Trinity (download)
133
A♭; e♭'-f" [E♭]
Scarlatti
Già il sole dal Gange 
26 Italian Songs and Arias
Alfred 3402 (medium high), 3403 (medium low) (with CD: 3396/3397)
134
E; e'-g#" [C]
Schubert
Seligkeit, D433 
Gateway to German Lieder
Alfred 17611 (high), 17617 (low)
135
G; f#'-g"
Schubert
Trauer der Liebe, D465 
Easy German Classic Songs
Presser 431-41002
136
A; c'-f#" [F]
Schubert
Was ist Silvia, D891 
First Vocal Album
Schirmer GS25443 (high), GS25444 (low)
137
Em; d'-e"
Tchaikovsky
A Legend (Légende), op. 54 no. 5 (in English or French)
50 Art Songs from the Modern Repertoire
Schirmer GS32754
138
Bm; d'-f#"
Vivaldi, arr. Holloway
Vieni, vieni o mio diletto (with repeats)
Vieni, vieni o mio diletto
Trinity (download)

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