Having just passed Grade 7 with merit on the flute I am keen to get going on some grade 8 pieces. What would you recommend? Idid Mozart, Ian Clark's Sunstreams + Telemann for my grade 7, all lovely pieces in my opinion.

I thought i would treat myself to some new music for Xmas.

I've just been through the lists with a pupil of mine (think she was doing her Grade 7 when you arrived at the exam centre, parkere!).

There's lots of good stuff on List A: you already have the Mozart D major, so can look at the first movement, ditto the Telemann for the D major Fantasia on List C. It's also worth considering the Bachs, the Quantz, the Schubert and the Danzi.

In List B the York Bowen is a great choice, the Hindemith, Poulenc, Roussel and Martinu are core repertoire. The Faure Fantasie is good, but not for the fainthearted.

Besides the Telemann in List C I would definitely consider Syrinx, the Piazzolla and the Kohler. The Boehms are also worth a look if you want a more technical study.

I've just moved onto grade 8 too with trinity.
My teacher decided to skip from 5 to 8 instead of 5 to 7, but i've learnt 3 pieces from the grade 7 anyway. I've learnt the handel sonata in C, the saint saens romance for flute, and the tellemann fantasia.

For grade 8, im playing:
Handel sonata in E minor, complete sonata
Martinu sonata for flute, 1st movement
Tellemann fantasia no.7 in D

All the composers andante in C mentioned are great, especially the poulenc and Piazzolla. I'm not too keen on the syrinx by Debussy, but it's another good choice if you're into Debussy.

Good luck with your grade 8!

Jacob.

Well...considering as I've got my TG G8 next thursday, I'll add my 2p's worth...

List A - the Schubert (so long but sooooo nice)
List B - piccolo piece (Piccaroon Polka)
List C - Telemann

Something wrong here: Ian Clarke's Sunstreams is on the B list for grade 8, not grade 7, or at least it is for AB exams.

Not really, Robodoc. Parkere is talking about TG exams, and Sunstreams is on the grade 7 syllabus for them

This sort of thing is quite common.
If you look at the grade 7 and 8 recorder syllabus for both boards, you'll see that the same two movements of Bach Partita are set, one at each grade, by both boards. However, they're assigned to opposite grades by each board.
A piece I played for grade 3 piano (Trinity) was also played by several of my Nan's pupils for grade 4 (AB), while one of my grade 4 piano pieces has recently been set for grade 5 AB.
I've seen similar things happen for flute, clarinet and other instruments too.

It doesn't mean that one board is easier than the other. When a piece is set for a higher grade, the examiner will expect a higher standard of performance and, especially at the higher grades, the exact difficulty of a piece is rather subjective. Different people have different strengths and weaknesses, so it's quite common to find a piece set for one grade that you consider far easier than one set for a lower grade.

For instruments with a rather more limited repertoire than the piano, you'll even see pieces from the graded exams appearing on the diploma syllabus for the same board. For example, various movements of Finzi's Five Bagatelles are used at grades 3-8 by different boards. The hardest movement of the whole work is set for grade 8. At diploma level, a higher standard will be expected and more stamina is necessary to play several movements back to back.

Thank you for the suggestions. I'm off to see what my local music store has in stock. ((% of the time they let me down but just occasionally I find what i am looking for.