Exploring Trinity’s Strings Syllabus 2020–2023: Viola Grades 4—8

Exploring Trinity’s Strings Syllabus 2020–2023 repertoire: Viola Grades 4—8

Watch performance tips and guidance on the following selection of pieces from Trinity's viola syllabus for Grades 4—8, with Zami Jalil accompanied on piano by Horacio López Redondo.

Grade 4

Dvořák: Scherzo (3rd movt from Sonatina, op. 100)

Grade 5

Bach: Gigue (from Suite no. 1) from The Solo Cello Suites arranged for Viola

Grade 6

R Clarke: Lullaby (p2) from Shorter Pieces for Viola and Piano

• Listen to a performance by Philip Dukes (viola) and Sophia Rahman (piano) 

The following video is of the second Lullaby (p3) which is not currently included on the syllabus.

Grade 7

Beach, arr. Grant Mazurka (from Three Pieces, Op. 40)

Grade 8

Schubert: Sonata in A minor ‘Arpeggione’, D821 1st movement: Allegro moderato

• Watch a full performance of the Sonata with Nicolas Deletaille, arpeggione, and Alain Roudier, fortepiano (from The Strad)