I will want to know how to get started to play sonatas, concertos,etc. by Bach,etc.

I am preparing for Grade 5 violin exam next year, Grade 5, is it sufficient to play the works of the composers?

A realistic answer is:

Some of the easier movements from the Handel or Schubert sonatas are approachable from about Grade 5/6 onwards, but if you are thinking more of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms etc, then to be really honest, you are looking at Grade 8+

Concertos by Beethoven, Brahms et al. are Diploma level, but movements from the the A minor concerto by Bach have appeared on the Grade 8 syllabus.

You might manage a couple of the movements in the Dvorak Sonatina in G Op100 at Grade 6 ish

Not forgetting the 1st movement of Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor!

Op.3 No. 6, RV 356?

T.

Yeah as it's been said already, that if you're talking about Brahms, Beethoven, Saint-Saens, etc then you really have to be grade 8+ standard, but there are some sonatas that can be approached by grade 5 - 6 students. I don't know loads about violin repertoire, but I do know that it's more than likely that a concerto will be diploma standard

Diploma Level?

I still have a long way to go..

Anyway, so , what violin books can a Grade 5 violin student buy for practise?

thanx for the above replies!!~

Look into Baroque composers like Telemann, Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn etc. Often there are easier sonatas and even concerti by them which you woud be able to look at within a year or two. But things like Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn should be reserved for at least 3 years after most people take grade 8. I don't know about you but when I was taking grade 5 I practiced maybe 30 minutes a day, well some of these big Romantic concerti take longer than that to play through once...

Well it won't necessarily take AGES, I mean about 2 and a half years ago I was grade 6 standard, and now I'm working on diploma repertoire

I'm doing my grade 5 next year as well. I like the Suzuki violin books, I'm not sure what grade some of the pieces are but from book 5 onwards, it's quite hard! I've been working on a few pieces on book 4 and 5. But I mostly work on violin techiqnue books.

There is an easy concerto by O Riedling - violin concerto in B minor. At grade 3, you could already try the 1st movement which is only in 1st position.

I know this is an old thread. But I love this Rieding Concerto B Minor, all three movements!
Perlman has a recording of it, it's amazing he can make a simple piece so good.

Also, Seitz Concerto, there are a few, and I can't remember what key they are in, but they are in suzuki book 4. I think Suzuki book 4 is about grade 4-5ish, they have the seitz concert, Bach double violin concerto, and the famous vivaldi a minor. Very nice pieces.

It's funny when i used to play the piano, (just for a few years), i never get to learn any concerto, i wonder if they even have easier student concertos like violin!

The Vivaldi in A minor is grade 4/5
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As I think someone already said, baroque sonatas/concerti are generally easier than the big romantic ones.

I did a Mozart sonata for grade 7 but i know there are others by him that are easier, so maybe have a look at that