Has anyone got any suggestions for the List A and list B pieces and is there anywhere I can get a recording of these pieces?
Thanks
Naomi x

Hi Naomi

The problem with the Grade 8 singing pieces is that there are so many of them (135 in total). And different ones will suit different voices. And without hearing you sing, none of us know what type of voice you have - so it's not really going to be possible for any of us to suggest something to suit you. I'm sorry that sounds so unhelpful, but if we suggest stuff that doesn't suit you, it's not going to help your exam one bit.

Have you asked your teacher for advice? I am assuming you're taking lessons.

I found samples for a number of works by typing the title and composer into Google. If there's a recording of the work stocked by Amazon, they will often have a small sample of the performance on their website, so that you can get some idea of what a song's like and whether it would suit you.

Good luck.

Cheers

Katyjay

I have a friend who I helped with 2 grade 8 pieces today.

They were Can't help lovin dat man and Ophelia's song.

Can't remember which lists they were on though

Can't help lovin dat man?? Grade 8??? that's so weird im doing that for one of my grade 6 trinity pieces!!

I sometimes find that the amazon.co.uk samples give my computer problems and it won't play them, so if that happens to you trying going to amazon.com instead - they also have a wider range of samples for different players which helps.

Yes ABRSM grade 8

I find it quite interesting that there's such a difference in the grading of the pieces between trinity and royal