2015-16 ABRSM Piano Grade 4 Exam Pieces

2015-2016 ABRSM Piano Exam Grade 4

List A

1. Hummel Tempo di Menuetto: No. 3 from Six pièces très faciles, Op. 52

2. Kirnberger La lutine (The Mischievous Sprite) (observing 1st repeat)

3. Stölzel Bourrée: 3rd movt from Partita in G minor

4. J. S. Bach Invention No. 1 in C, BWV 772. J. S. Bach Two-part Inventions (ABRSM) or P. 12 from J. S. Bach Inventions & Sinfonias (ABRSM) or No. 6 from A Keyboard Anthology, 2nd Series, Book 2 (ABRSM)

5. Haydn Allegro in F. No. 2 from Haydn 12 Easy Pieces (Universal UE 157) or Emotions (Schott ED 9045)

6. J. L. Krebs Klavierstück (Allegro) in Eb. No. 2 from Bärenreiter Sonatina Album, Vol. 1 (Bärenreiter BA 6545) or No. 13 from Kleine leichte Clavierstücke (Simple Short Piano Pieces) (Schott ED 2425)


List B

1. Estévez Canción para dormir una muñeca (Lullaby for a Doll): No. 7 from 17 piezas infantiles

2. Rybicki Hej, znam ja łączkę (I Know of a Pleasant Meadow): from Ten nasz ogródeczek, Op. 58

3. Schumann Jägerliedchen (Huntsman’s Song): No. 7 from Album für die Jugend, Op. 68

4. Bortkiewicz Russian Peasant Girl: No. 1 from Marionettes, Op. 54 (Simrock EE 3434)

5. Czerny Exercise in Bb: No. 60 from The Young Pianist, Op. 823 (Alfred 590)

6. Fuchs Morgenlied (Morning Song), Op. 32 No. 1. Fuchs Children’s Pieces (ABRSM)


List C

1. D. C. Glover Indian Pony Race

2. Mike Cornick In the Shed (observing repeat): from Piano Repertoire, Level 2

3. Prokofiev Progulka (Promenade): No. 2 from Musiques d’enfants, Op. 65

4. Bartók Der Stampfer (Topogó; Pe loc): No. 3 from Rumänische Volkstänze (Romanian Folk Dances) (Universal UE 5802)

5. Brian Chapple Parade: No. 3 from On the Cool Side (Chester CH 59436)

6. Slavický A Czech Song (from Piano and Youth). Studio 21, 2nd Series, Vol. 3 (Universal UE 18793)

2015-2016 ABRSM Piano Grade 2 Pieces

2015-2016 ABRSM Piano Grade 2 Pieces A, B, C

LIST A
1 Handel Impertinence, HWV 494
2 Schale Minuet in C Piano Exam Pieces 2015 & 2016,
3 Vanhal Cantabile: 1st movt from Sonatina No. 4 in G, W.XIII:125 (turns optional)
4 J. Clarke A Trumpet Minuet. No. 3 from A Keyboard Anthology, 1st Series, Book 1 (ABRSM)
5 L. Mozart Allegro in D. Studio 21 (1st Series), Vol. 1 (Universal UE 17954)
6 Mozart The Bird-catcher’s Song (from The Magic Flute), arr. Bullard. Pianoworks: A Night at the Theatre (OUP)

LIST B
1 J. Ferrer Sérénade espagnole (Spanish Serenade), Op. 34, arr. Waterman and Harewood
2 Vitalij Neugasimov Lullaby: from Pianoheads Collection 2 Piano Exam Pieces 2015 &
3 Schumann Gukkuk im Versteck (Hide-and-Seek): from Album für die Jugend, Op. 68
4 Fly Hot Rolls: No. 8 from The Windmill (Forsyth)
5 Lysenko Raindrops. No. 5 from Splash! (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 8796)
6 Nicolai Podgornov The Little Flower: from Nicolai Podgornov’s Graded Pieces for Piano, Vol. 1 (Universal UE 34551)

LIST C
1 Johnny Mercer I’m an Old Cowhand, arr. Iles
2 B. Hummel Prelude: No. 1 from 10 Klavierstücke für Kinder, Op. 56b (observing repeat) Piano Exam Pieces 2015 &
3 Kaneda Gachou no Koushin (March of the Geese)
4 Carol Barratt Lazy River: from Get It Together! (Chester CH 77594). Also available in Chester’s Easiest Jazz (Chester
CH 61273)
5 Gar´scia Twisters: from Miniatures for Piano, Op. 5 (PWM 7490)
6 Heather Hammond On the Ball: from Cool Piano Sport, Grade 1–2 (Kevin Mayhew)