Selected pieces from the Piano Syllabus of The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
The Grade 8 Piano Anthology 2019/20 comprises a broad selection of examination pieces from lists A, B and C of the Associated Board syllabus.The anthology is enhanced with Performance Notes by Norman Beedie, Lecturer in Classical Improvisation, Piano and Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, giving guidance and promoting reflection on technique and interpretation for each piece. The volume is further enhanced by Aural Notes by Caroline Evans, author of the Edition Peters Aural Test Survival Books, which draw up on music in the Anthology to provide preparation material for the type of discussion topics typically encountered in the Grade 8 aural test.
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List A 7 pieces
J. S. Bach: Sarabande & Gigue (from English Suite No. 2, BWV 807)
D. Scarlatti: Sonata in D, Kp. 214, L. 165
J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in A minor
Handel: Fugue No. 6 in C minor, HWV 610
Soler: Sonata in D minor, R. 25
Mendelssohn: Fugue in B flat, Op. 35 No. 6
List B 8 pieces
C. P. E. Bach: Un poco allegro (1st movt, Sonata in A flat, H.31)
Beethoven: Presto alla tedesca (1st movt, Sonata in G, Op.79)
Schubert: Allegro moderato (1st movt, Sonata in E, D.459)
Kuhlau: Allegro (1st movt, Sonatina in C, Op.60/3)
Clementi: Presto (3rd movt, Sonata in F minor, Op.13/6)
Haydn: Moderato (1st movt, Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI:20)
Haydn: Rondo: Presto (2nd movt, Sonata in C, Hob.XVI:48)
Mozart: Rondo: Allegretto (3rd movt, Sonata in F, K.533)
List C 9 pieces
Brahms: Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2
Chopin: Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1
Debussy: Voiles (No. 2 from Préludes, Book 1)
Nikolay Kapustin: Sonatina, Op. 100
Rachmaninoff: Elegie, Op. 3 No. 1
L. Boulanger: Cortège (No. 3 from 3 morceaux pour piano)
Chaminade: Scarf Dance, Op. 37 No. 3
W. Mason: Lullaby, Op. 10
Gershwin: Prelude No. 1 (from Three Preludes)