Encore Violin is the official collection of best-loved ABRSM Violin exam pieces, selected from syllabuses of the past few decades. Violinists will find an appealing mix of repertoire, while teachers can be confident that the perfect balance of content has been selected at every level. Book 3 features popular pieces at Grades 5 and 6. Have fun exploring modern favourites and timeless classics, like the Bach–Gounod Ave Maria or Brahms’s Hungarian Dance in G minor. Footnotes provide background information, a summary of the key skills that each piece develops, and new ideas for exploring the music.

Contents

• For Latin Lovers [Brian Chapple]
  
• Ave Maria: Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de [J.] S. Bach [Charles-François Gounod]
  
• Allegro. 2nd Mvt. from Sonata in F, Op. 1 No. 12, HWV 370 [George Frideric Handel]
  
• Czardas, No. 3 from Hungarian Sketches, Op. 23 [Gustav Hille]
  
• Pastorale, Op. 23 No. 1 [Oskar Rieding]
  
• Sicilienne [Maria Theresia Paradis]
  
• Vivace, first movement from Sonatina No. 6 in F, TWV 41:F1 [Georg Philipp Telemann]
  
• Bolero, No. 9 from Albumblätter [Carl Bohm]
  
• Nocturne [Lili Boulanger]
  
• Hungarian Dance: Book 1, No. 5 [Johannes Brahms]
  
• Irish Idyll [Michael Head]
  
• Youngsters’ Dance: No. 19 from 24 Easy Little Concert Pieces [István Szelényi]