Der er altid stor forventning når ABRSM lancerer nye udgivelser med eksamensstykker til klaver, og nu er alle 9 bøger udkommet med 9 stykker (3 stykker til liste A, B, C) til hvert grade.

Som altid i ABRSMs bøger finder du et spændende udvalg af musik i forskellige genrer, så uanset om du benytter eksamenssystemet eller ej, vil du utvivlsomt blive inspireret af repertoiret.

ABRSM Highlights

• En mulighed for at finde stykker der passer præcis på elevens niveau.
• Hvert hæfte er tilrettelagt med musik i forskellige genrer og forskellig karakter.
• Gode arrangmenter og flot, luftigt nodelayout.
• Omhyggelige fingersætninger og notater ved redaktør Richard Jones
• Små noter/historier til alle stykkerne der i et let læseligt sprog sætter stykket ind i kontekst.
• Mulighed for at vælge Bog+Audio hvor du får adgang til profesionelle indspilninger af alle stykkerne.

Oversigt over alle stykkerne i ARBSM Exam Pieces 2023-24

Initial Grade (Bog | Bog+Audio)
Chwatal – Little Playmates
Trad. – What shall we do with the drunken sailor?, arr. Önaç
H. Wohlfahrt – Patterns (No. 10 from Kinder-Klavierschule), arr. Jones
Schonthal – A Waltz that’s a Little Melancholy (No. 10 from Short Impressions for Very Young Piano Players, Vol. 1)
Waterman & Harewood – Swans and Ducks
Naomi Yandell – Secret Footpath
Peter Gritton – Haunted House

Grade 1 (Bog | Bog+Audio)
Diabelli – Allegretto in C (No. 3 from Die ersten 12 Lectionen, Op. 125)
M. Helyer – Dragonflies (from The Greenwood Tree)
A. Reinagle – Minuet in C (No. 10 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, Op. 1)
Andrew Eales – Fresh Air
F. Price – A Morning Sunbeam (No. 3 from Three Sketches for Little Pianists)
Head – The Quiet Wood
Shruthi Rajasekar – Virginia Hall
Martha Mier – Sneaky Business (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 1)
Caroline Tyler – Little Whale Explores the Calm Sea

Grade 2 (Bog | Bog+Audio)
Beethoven – Écossaise in G, WoO 23, arr. Czerny
J. L. Dussek – Gavotte in F
Agnieszka Lasko – Tarantella (from Little Stories)
Stephen Duro – Forget-me-not Waltz
Stanford – Lullaby (No. 5 from Six Sketches)
Trad. Chinese – Kangding Love Song, arr. Yip
David Blackwell – Railroad Blues
Elissa Milne – Mozzie (from Easy Little Peppers)
Kristina Arakelyan – Daydream

Grade 3 (Bog | Bog+Audio)
Anon. – Minuet in G, BWV Anh. II 116
Clementi – Vivace (3rd movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1)
Miroslaw Gasieniec – Hansel and Gretel (from Album for Children)
Nancy Litten – The Sad Ghost
Loeschhorn – Study in F (No. 25 from 48 Etüden in fortschreitender Ordnung, Op. 65)
Nakada – The Song of Twilight (from Piano Pieces for Children)
Chua – T-Rex Hungry (from A Day in the Life of a T-Rex)
Gillock – The Spanish Guitar (from Accents Around the World)
Joplin – The Entertainer, arr. Önaç

Grade 4 (Bog | Bog+Audio)
Pescetti – Presto (3rd movt from Sonata No. 6 in C minor)
Farrenc – Mouvement de valse (No. 15 from 25 études faciles, Op. 50)
Handel – Allegro in F, HWV 488
Valerie Capers – Billie’s Song (No. 7 from Portraits in Jazz)
Chaminade – Idylle (No. 1 from Album des enfants, deuxième série, Op. 126)
Tchaikovsky – La nouvelle poupée (No. 6 from Album pour enfants, Op. 39)
Bartók – Pentatonic Tune (No. 29 from For Children, Vol. 1)
Nevada – Ninette’s Musette (No. 5 from Romantic Impressions)
F. Price – Ticklin’ Toes

Grade 5 (Bog | Bog+Audio)
Cimarosa – Allegro (3rd movt from Sonata in C minor, C. 68)
Haydn – Minuet and Trio (2nd movt from Sonata in D, Hob. XVI:4)
Chee-Hwa Tan – Jester’s Jig (No. 7 from A Royal Birthday Celebration: Suite in Baroque Style)
H. Hofmann – Minnelied (No. 7 from Stimmungsbilder, Op. 88)
Bernadette Marmion – Wind in the Willows (from Allsorts)
Pilling – Philomela
Mike Cornick – In the Groove (from 20 Piano Studies)
Kabalevsky – Scherzo (No. 14 from 30 Children’s Pieces, Op. 27)
David Önaç – A Distant Star in the Stillness

Grade 6 (Bog | Bog+Audio)
S. Heller – Prelude in C sharp minor (No. 10 from 24 Preludes, Op. 81)
Gambarini – Giga in D (from Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 2)
Kuhlau – Allegro (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1)
Dett – Honey (Humoresque) (3rd movt from In The Bottoms)
Granados – Vals poético (No. 6 from Valses poéticos)
Mendelssohn – Venetianisches Gondellied (No. 6 from Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19b)
R. R. Bennett – The Child that Is Born on the Sabbath Day (from A Week of Birthdays)
Elissa Milne – Indigo Moon (from Pepperbox Jazz, Book 2)
O. Peterson – Jazz Exercise No. 2 (from Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes and Pieces for Piano)

Grade 7 (Bog | Bog+Audio)
Haydn – Allegro moderato (1st movt from Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32)
Martinu – Allegretto (No. 4 from Ctvrtky a osminky, H. 257)
Martínez – Tempo di minuetto (3rd movt from Sonata in A)
Chopin – Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2
Jan Freidlin – At the Evening Window (No. 4 from Four Stories)
Moszkowski – Calme du soir (No. 2 from 10 petits morceaux, Op. 94)
Christopher Norton – New Kid (No. 9 from The Christopher Norton Jazz Preludes Collection)
Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee – Prelude: Twilight, Op. 69
Param Vir – White Light Chorale

Grade 8 (Bog | Bog+Audio)
J. S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in B flat, BWV 866
Mozart – Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in F, K. 332)
Schubert – Moment musical in C sharp minor (No. 4 from Moments musicaux, D. 780)
S. Coleridge-Taylor – Impromptu in B minor (No. 2 from Two Impromptus)
Farrenc – Étude in D flat, Op. 41 No. 5
Tchaikovsky – Juin: Barcarolle (No. 6 from Les saisons, Op. 37b)
Albéniz – Rumores de La Caleta (Malagueña) (No. 6 from Recuerdos de viaje, Op. 71)
Debussy – Arabesque No. 2 (from Deux arabesques, L. 66)
J. P. Johnson – Over the Bars