ABRSM Saxophone Exam Pack 2022-2025 Grade 4

Key features:

· Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C - Includes saxophone part and piano accompaniment

· Classic repertoire and newly commissioned pieces and arrangements

· Piano accompaniments for both E- and B- instruments included

· Scales and arpeggios, and sample sight-reading tests, for requirements from the current syllabus

· Audio performances of the nine pieces on alto saxophone and piano by expert musicians, plus accompaniment-only tracks for both E- and B- instruments for use when practising (download code included in the book)

The Exam Pack is an ideal resource for preparation for ABRSM’s Practical Grade 4 Saxophone exam, as well as providing an excellent toolkit for the general development of technical skills at this level.

1. Valse sous le vent (No. 1 from Couleurs Caraïbe) [Valérie Rousse & Joël Littorie]
2. Allegro (fourth movement from Sonata in F, HWV 369, Op. 1 No. 11), arr. David Blackwell [George Frideric Handel]
3. À la Gavotte (No. 1 from Street Beats) [Karen Street]
4. Chanson de matin, Op. 15 No. 2, arr. Jerry Lanning [Edward Elgar]
5. Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess), arr. Nikki Iles [George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward & Ira Gershwin]
6. Pas de deux [Errollyn Wallen]
7. Abracadabra [Ruth Byrchmore]
8. Tango (from All Styles) [Mark Fielding]
9. Entry of the Gladiators, Op. 68, arr. Ian Denley [Julius Fucik]