RCS Woodwind Department
Suggested repertoire for Solo Saxophone: BMus 4 and MMus mid-session
exams
Exam Requirements
BMus 4: The Technical Assessment (Mock Audition) includes one unaccompanied
recital work
MMus 1 and 2: The Orchestral Audition assessment (for those who have selected
Orchestral Performance as a portfolio option) includes one unaccompanied recital
work
Please note that some repertoire listed may be suitable as a stand-alone work,
other shorter works may be best partnered with another contrasting work (or
selected movement/s from it). Please discuss your choices with your principal study
tutor.
Selecting a work from these lists is not compulsory, but may be useful to encourage
you to explore new repertoire.
Solo Saxophone Repertoire
Composer Title
Bach,J.S. Cello Suites/Flute Partitas (Urtext edition or similar – we
do not recommend the Trent Kynaston edition)
Bonneau, Paul Caprice en forme de Valse
Bozza, Eugene Improvisation et Caprice
Britten, Benjamin Six Metamorphoses after Ovid
Chambers, Evan Deep Flowers
Debussy, Claude Syrinx (transcription Londeix)
Erkoreka, Gabriel Duduk 1 (MMus only)
Gates, Everett Incantation & Ritual
Kupferman, Meyer 10 Light Caprices
Lacour, Guy Étude de Concert
Maurice, Paule Volio
Morosco, Vincent Blue Caprice (combines classical & jazz;
no improvisation)
Noda, Ryo Improvisation I
Noda, Ryo Improvisation II & III (printed together)
Noda, Ryo Mai
Paganini, Niccolo Caprices (arr Londeix/Rossi/Hekkema)
Pritchard, Deborah River Above
Roe, Chris Schism
Rueff, Jeanine Solo Saxophone Sonata
Tanada, Fuminori Mysterious Morning iii
Tomasi, Henri Evocations
Tower, Joan Wings
Turnage, Mark-Anthony Two Memorials
Woolrich, John Fragment