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)