Piano Exam Pieces 2021 «2022 Piano Exam Pieces ABRSM Grade 5 Selected from the 2021 & 2022 syllabusABRSM Piano Exams Here are some key points to help you prepare for your Grade § exam. All requirements are valid fom | January 2021 unt 431 December 2022. More detailed information on the syllabus requirements and syllabus overlap details can be found online at wwwabrsm.org/piano In the exam, the requirements canbe taken in any order Pieces (8x30 marks) ‘This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's 2021 & 2022 Grade'5 Piano syllabus. Inthe exam, you will need to play three pieces, one from each of the three syllabus lists (A, Band C). ‘You can choose from the pieces in this book and/or the other pieces set for the grade: full isis on the ‘opposite page. You will ned to follow all da capo (D.C.) and dal segno (DS) indications but other repeats (including first-time bars) should not be played unless they are very shor (i.e ofa few bars) or unless the syllabus specifies differently. Scales and arpeggios (21 marks) Learning scales and arpeggios helps you to build strong technical skills by developing reliable finger ‘movement, hand position, co-ordination and keyboard fluency. It also helps you to develop your ‘musical understanding through familiarity with keys and their related patterns. You can find a complete list of scales and arpeggios required for Grade 5 inthe back ofthis book. In the exam, scales and arpeggios should be played from memory and without pedalling You are fre to start at any octave, provided the required ranges are covered. For all‘handls together’ requirements, our hands should be one octave apart. Sight-reading (21 marks) Learning o sightxead helps you to develop quick recognition of keys, tonality and common rhythm patterns. also helps you to lear to keep going even when you make mistakes, and work music out for yourself - which makes learning new pieces quicker and easier. Inthe exam, you willbe asked to ply a short piece of music that you have not seen before. You will be given halfa minute to took trough an, fyou wish, try out all or any part of the test before you ae asked to play it tothe examiner for assessment. For the ull sight reading parameters please see the eylabus Aural tests (18 marks) Aural skills enable you to assess the sound and balance of your playing, keep in time and play with a sense ofrhythm and pulse. These skills also help you to develop your sense of pitch, your musical memory and tospot any mistakes. Inthe exam, the tests wll be administered by the examiner from the piano, and you will be asked: 4 Tosing orplay from memory a melody played twice by the examiner, 'b_ Tosing sixnotes from score in free time. © (i Toanswer questions about wo features of a piece played by the examiner, (i) To clap the rhythm ofthe notes in an extract from the same piece, and to identify whether ‘wo time, three time or four time. 3 more detailed information on the tests, please see the syllabus. (Total available: 150 marks) Editorial guidance We have taken the pieces in this book from a variety of sources. Where appropriate, we have edited the pieces to help you prepare for your performance. We have added fingering, metronome markings (in square brackets) and ornament realisations. Detals of other changes or suggestions are given in the footnotes. Fingering and other editorial additions are for guidance only: you do not have to follow them in the exam.Piano Exam Pieces Name ABRSM Grade 5 Selected from the 2021 & 2022 syllabus Date of exam Contents page usta 1 Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmiiller La chevaleresque: No. 25 from 25 études failes et progressives, Op. 100 3 2 Thomas Augustine Arne Presto: second movement from Sonata No.6 e 3. George Frideric Handel Toccata in G minor, HWV586 ust 1 AmyMarcy Beach Arctic Night: No.1 from Eskimos, Op. 64 10 2 George Nevada Starry Dome: No.15 ftom Piano Meditation 2 3 Pyotrilyich Tehalkovsky Douce réveri: No. 21 from Album pour enfants, Op. 39 uw usTC 1 William Gillock Mister Trumpet Man: from New Orleans Jaze Styles 16 2 Heather Hammond Changing Times: from Cool Plano 5 18 3. Sergey Prokofiev Tarantella: No.4 from Musiques enfants, Op. 65 20 Editor for ABRSM: Richard Jones Other pieces for Grade 5 usta, 4 1S.Bach invention No.Bin F BWV'775.J. Back: Teo-part Inventions (ABRSM) oS. ach: nventlons and Snfonts (Hele) or Core Clsies, Grades 56 (ABRSM) 5 Beethoven Bagatelle InG mina Op. 119No.1. Keyboard Anthology I Sees, Book 3(ABRSM) or Cor Classi, Grades 45(RERSN) ot sks for he Developing Pans Book 3 (Aled) tL. Focea Andante (rom Pees declevecta, Op. 1): loco: lt Keyboard Pieces (ABRSM) 7) Maydn Allegro (1st mow fom Sonata eG Hob XVLGH) Fp l-43 from Haydn: Selected Keyboard Sonatas, Book (ABRSM) or Esentil Keyboard Repertoire Vol. 5(Alred) © Hummel Alero in (No.2 from Sx ides tfc, Op-52)- Hummel: 16 Short Peces(ABRSM) J-L Krebs Toceata in Eh. Exentl Keyboard Repertoire VoL. 6 (Ad) 10. Mocart Theme, Var 1 and Var. 5: from 12 Vrlttonson ‘Ah vous dra, aman’. 266 Henle) or Mozart: Ah, vous dae Maman? 12 araions in major KV 265 (Beene) ust ALR. Bennett Lite Elegy (Novello) ‘Granados La hufana (No.9 from Guenosdelasuventud, Op 1). Granados Stores ofthe Young, Op 1(ABRSM) ‘.Hetler Stadyin Eminor,Op.47 No. 15 (with repeat), Heler:20 Miscellaneous Studie (ABRSM) Massenet Melodie (No.5 from 10 Pcs de genre, Op. 10) French Romani Repertoire Level! (Faber) Mompou Labares: rom impresionesintimas(Uni6n Musca Edlchones) or Mompou Nisa para plano (Uni6n Musical Echoes) Pachuls Prelude in C minor,Op.8 No.1. Romantic Sketchbook for Plana Book 3(ABRSM) Schumann Von fremden Lindem und Menschen: No.1 ftom Kinderscenen,Op.15(ABRSM) or Schumann: Scents from Childhood, Op. 15, Henie) usre 4 Agay Blue Wale The oy of Boole and Blues (Yorktown Music Press) Alwyn The Sea is Angry. Pianoworks Collection 2(OUP) § _Barték Winter Solstice Song: No.38 fom For Children, VoL. 1 (Boosey Haves) 7 Victoria Bortsova-Olas Silent sland, Spectrum 3(KBRSM) © Ludovieo inaual Elegy forthe Arctic (this etion ont). Pp. 7-9 from Ludovico Ein: stra Elements (Chester) 8 Pinto March, Lite Soldier! (ls: optional): No.3 rom Senas Infants (G. Schemes) 10 Catherine Rollin Love Theme: fom Lyric Moments, Book 2(Alied) ‘te gras hae ikerdle by ARRON (Pallhng) Lavin omed Uemondpbtcopitieel Mideatgrmn iat ieieeietaineaihar aged eaten aaa tony Tefinedbadtte teste ntmienortynyararesonoe emi Dotnet ae orp crew mni 3 ow The Knight Errant tomate rauhorised cles ofthis Sor La chevaleresque No, 25 from 25 études faciles et progressives, Op. 100 JRF Burgmiller Allegro marziale (J = c.126) (4806-72) 2 ¢ => te ae 43 ae fe ve Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmdller, German by birth, sted in Paris after 183, There he became a popula planist and composer, improvising, hundreds of salon pleces and composing muuch piano music for teaching purposes. Many of his short piano pieces, suchas the 25 éudes facies et progressives (25 Easy and Progressive Studies), published in 1852, have Fanciful or programmatic ties. ‘This piece isthe last one in that collection. The ‘night errant’ ofthe tile is a medieval knight who rides in search of chivalrous (courteous and gallant advencures. Section B (bars 17-24) of this ternary (ABA) plece acts lke the wo ina minuet, contrasting both movement and key (subdominant F) The eprse of A that follows is shortened to make way fora lengthy coda (bar 83 to the end, tos have been supplemented bythe editor in accordance with Source: 25 enue facies e progressives, Op. 10 (Landon: Sehot, 1858). The dymamies and thos ofthe sour. (© 188¢by The Associated Board ofthe Royal Schocs of Muse ‘Adapted tons Barge 25 Ear nd Progesve tudes, Op. 100(ABRSM) 4B 39904839904B 3990tee 6 egal tomate tunauthorsed oes ths. Presto Seon Second movement from Sonata No. 6 TA Ame amo-78) Presto [= .88) 5 tr , 8th century. He composed more than 90 stage works, chietly for the Drury Lane and Covent Garden theates. Ina period that valued lytical beauty above al his succes was dae manly to what contemporary described as ‘God-given genius for melody’ Among his best-known songs isthe patrotie ‘Rute. Srltannial ‘The Eight Sonatas of 1756, influenced by Domenico Scarlatt, were Arne anly published keyboard works. This Presto is written inthe style of jig the English form ofthe French gigue. It is designed in rounded binary form (ABa) ~ sini to the later sonata forts, The exposition ( bas 1-25) contains nwo themes the fist inthe tonic key, and the second (trom bar 9) in the dominant. After the doubles tee 20h there {sa ‘development (of te fst theme, which modulates to several mio keys before closing in the tone at bar 45, This followed DY 8 ‘recapitulation ofthe second theme (a from bar 48), now transposed ta the tonieG. Source: Sena or esto fr he Hache onda ah, 1756. The foving notes are msi the sue and hae ben added by theo: ‘bar 33, right hand, d” sharp; bar 37, left hand. a’ bar 61. let hand, G. All dynamics are editorial suggestions only. ™ (© 2200) The Assolated Hoard othe Nay Schoos of Music 158399048.3990Toccata in G minor HW 586, G.F-Handel (= «.60) (1685-1759) “The German-born composer George Frideric Handel was naturalised as an Englishman in 1727, having lived and wotked mainly in London ‘ines 1710, He was not only a prolific composer but also a virtuoso keyboard player, a s clear from his famous keyboard competition with Domenico Scarlatti n whieh honours were equally divided between the two contestants. [tis not surprising, then, that keyboard music played ‘an important part in Handel's output as a composer. “Ataveata isa piece designed to demonstrate a player's touch, not only in fast passages but in ornamental writing, both of which are found in this Toceatain G minor The piece probably dates from some time during Handel first decadein London (1710-20). ltislikely that heused short, "unpublished keyboard pieces of thiskind for teaching purposes. Source: MS cop, London, Bish Library RM. 18 Allslurs and dynamic ar etoril suggesons ony © 1964 by The Associated Hoard ofthe Royal Schools of Muse “Adapted fom Handel Sled Keyboard Works, Bok ete by Richard Tones (ABRSM) 48 3990AB 3990te _ legal tomate autores Arctic Night eect No.1 from Eskimos, Op. 64 ‘A.M.Beach 4 (867-1944) 1 ect “American-born Amy Matey Beach was a child prodigy who studied plano at fist with her mother, but was largely selftaught in composition She became a viruoso pianist and a prolific compose, weting more than 70 plano compositions and about 130 songs as well as chamber choral and orchestral works. Eskimos contains four pieces, ll based on folk songs: 1. Arce Night;2. The Returning Hunter; 3 ules; 4, With Dog-Teams. Source first eon Eskimo: Character Pes forthe Planar, Op. (Bon: Arthur Schn 1907). The ellowing mas have been added by he eto “com Pe! ba ).p nba 23 ba 4); de aroes barlinet lowest righthand notes in bars 25-4 are 4-8 te loner right-hand ove bes 98a bas 15-19, (© 2m20by The Asocsed Board ofthe Royal Schools of Muse 48 3990fi molto rit. ‘8839902 rauhoried copies ofthis Starry Dome coma No. 15 from Piano Meditation George Nevada (9939-2014) 3 J=76 a 3 7 8 ee A George Nevada, wino wes of German origin, composed a number of collections of pleces for solo plano, including Romantic Impressions (20 pieces), Romantic Miniatures (10 easy pieces, and Piano Medization, subted ‘Music for the New Age, from which ‘Starry Dome’ has been ‘chosen. pants a musial picture of the vast rounded dome of the sky a night and (rom bar 25) ofthe twinkling ofthe stars. (© 1901 Schott Music Maine Reproduced by permission Alright eerved. 483990‘poco a poco decresc. B 4B 39904 wie Sweet Dreams ies tome Unauthorised opie! ths Douce réverie No. 21 from Album pour enfants, Op. 39 P.L Tchaikovsky (1840-93) ‘Moderato [J = ¢.80] : 5 5 ry t ota \ etek 1 2 7 3 i aa T marcato Pyotrilyich‘Tchalkovskys Album pour enfants (Album forthe Young) was written in 1676 after he had composed his Fourth Symphony and the pera Eugene Onegin The set was subitled'24 Easy Pieces (ala Schumann'~2 sig thatthe composer was thinking of Schumann’ Kinderscenen (Scenes from Childhood) and Album fr die Jugend (Album fr the Young). Source: Oeuers compltspourle pana Vo. nowtlle eon revucet corgéparFauteur (Moscow Jtrgenson, 1880) con Pe (bar 1) ised, asistheaccent in bor (et ba 32) cree has ben added in ba 9; the source has only api es. at 44, butt bars 12-12, (© 1983 by Me Associated Hoard ofthe Roya Schools of Music ‘Adapted from Tcalkoshy: Alum o he Young, Op 38, eied by Howard Ferguson (ABRSM) AB 3990F rrr AT = 2 £ _ydy dy dlr Y 48399016 Mister Trumpet Man oye from New Orleans Jazz Styles Wiha pronounced beat J= 100-116 7=1" vata Gti Ped.) Wiliam Gillck was an American music educator and composer of plano music. He lved and worked for many yearsin New Orleans, then later inte Dallas area. In is piano album New Orleans azz Style Gillock states that jazz may have started in the honky-tonk amusement area of New ‘Orleans around Basin Street. In‘Mister Trumpet Man he gives a vivid impression ofa jazz trumpeter displaying his skill tothe accompaniment of big chords from the band Copyright 1965 Te Wil Museo. Gast Muse Limited trading a Carpe! Connelly &¢Co ‘Allighs reserved International copyright secured, Used by permission of Hal Leonard Europe Limited 4B 3990v Ped. 88 3990 Ane chewtie 18 Tegal tomake wrouthoreed Changing Times ore from Coo! Piano 5 Heather Hammond born 1963) 5 ‘The British composer Heather Hammond studied piano and clarinet atthe Leeds Collegeof Music. She now runs a busy piano teaching practice in York She also focuses on composing educational musi and her six books ofthe Cool Piano seties were published in 203. Te tle of this piece has two meanings: it talks of changes that happen in modem lif, bt also of changes in the time of the piece as shown bythe diferent {ime signatures. though the composers metronome mark forthe ‘Quicker jazz wal’ section is 1= 168, students may prefer a slower tempo, foreramples=€138. (©2002 Kevin Mayhew Lid Reproduced by permision of Kea Mayhew Ld (wwotkevinmaybev.com), cence No: KMCI10719/01 88 399048 399020 Tarantella No. 4 from Musiques d’enfants, Op. 65 Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) Allegro [4-= ¢.120] ‘ “The Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev showed precocious talent a the plano and in composition atan early age. First taught by hismother, he ‘vas wrting his earliest plano pieces by the age of five. Music written fr children was highly regarded in the Soviet Union, and around the time lof is return to Moscow in 1836after 14 years abroad, be wrote three childrens compositions in close succession: Musiques enfants, Peter and the Wol, and Three Songs for Children. "Musiquesdlenfants (Music for Children), whieh inludes Tarantella, was written n 1935 and contains 12 pieces with fanciful or programmatic tiles. The taranellaisaflk dance in quick 68 ime from southern Htaly, named ater the town of Taranto Prokofiev composes this tarantela in ternary form (ABA\), and the conttast between the minor mode of the outer A sections and the tonic major of the central B section (bars 33-48) is also typical ofthis dance. © Copright 1936by Hawkes &Son (London) Lid Reproduced by permisson of Booey & Hawkes Musi Publishers 48.3990a 98399022 Poco meno mosso 1B 3990Scales and arpeggios ‘You will be asked for at least one of each type of scale and arpeggio, which should be played in even notes and from memory. For full details, please see the syllabus. Scales (similar motion) A\E,B, Fh, Db majors F.C, Gf, Eb, Bo minors (harmonic or melodic, at candidate's choice) 2oct Staccato scales Avmajor minor (harmonic or melodic, at candidate's choice) 2oct Contrary-motion scales Dbmajor 2oct (Ctharmonic minor Chromatic contrary-motion scale startingon FA(LH) and AK(RH) — 20ct Arpeggios ALE, B,Fh Ab, Db majors legato: 2oct hands together 2oet staccato; hhands separately legato: hhands starting on the tonic (unison) legato; hhands starting amajor third apart legato: hhands together legato: hhands separatelyena Ue eee ee rar eyed three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an Cet ee a eee Cte et eee aca Inspiring recordings ofall 30 pieces on the Grade 5 syllabus are available. 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