ee ee Piano Exam Pieces ABRSM Grade 2 Selected from the 2013 & 2014 syllabusABRSM Piano exams Pieces This album contains nine pieces rom ABRSM's 2013 &2014 Grade 2 Piano syllabus. Inthe exam, ‘candidates must play three pieces, one chosen from each ofthe three sylabus lists (A. Band ‘Candidates ae fre to choose from the pleces printed in this album and/or from the other pieces se forthe grade ful lists given on the opposite page as wel a in the 2013 & 2014 sylabus. All the pieces ae valid from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2014, witha permited overlap into 2015 a follows UK & Republic of Poland ~ until he end of Period A (spring exams) 2015 Allother countries ntl 3 December 2015 ‘The pieces in this album have been taken fom a variety of different sources. Where appropriate, they have been checked with original source material and edited o help the player when preparing for performance. The fingering has been amended by the editor where necessary (0 ensure a ‘consistent approach within the albums, Ornament realizations have been added by the editor as have the metronome maths shown within square brackets. Detals of ther editorial amendments ‘or suggestions are given inthe footnote, Fingering and ll editorial dations are for guidance only they are not comprehensive or obligatory. Descriptive tes ae given in ther original language, and sslations nto English appear above the footnotes. in the case of ites in @ non-Roman alphabet ‘wanslteations are provided to help with pronunciation, Other requirements Scales and arpeggios ‘The following requirements ate reproduced ftom the 2013 & 2014 Plano sylabus, For further details, see also p.6 ofthe silabus booklet. eee ee ae aang oD ed ep | cone — || es pa | ight-reading (see 2013 & 2014 Piano syllabus) ‘Aural tests (see 2013 & 2014 Piano syllabus) eee “cieein ase belie ee Sarre rior nee eoPiano Exam Pieces ABRSM Grade 2 Selected from the 2013 & 2014 syllabus Date of exam Contents Editor for ABRSM: Richard Jones page usta 1 Henry Purcell Hornpipe: from Abdelazer, 7.1683 2 2. GeorgPhilipp Telemann Tres ite: third movement from Fantasie in Eminor, TWV 38:21 3 3 Thomas Attwood Allegro: frst movement from Sonatina No.2 in © ‘ ust 6 1 Nicolai Podgornow Bear Dance: from Nicola Podgornovs Graded Pieces for Piano, Vol. 5 2 Charles Villers Stanford Lullaby: No. 5 from Six Sketches 6 3. LVinghat Xiong mao: No.1 from Dong Wi Yuan zu qu ustc 1 William Hanna, Joseph Barbera and Hoyt Curtin Met the Fintstones, ar, Nicholas Scott-Burt_ 8 2 Matyi Seber Polka: from Leichte Tanze, Book2 9 3 Sarah Watts Strange Things Happen 10 44 uncombe Gig. No.8 rom A Kabat Antolgy SS, Bok 1(ABRSM) 5) Mandel Menvet in G mins HVT 4554 No, 20 fom Handel Hay Plano Pics and Dance (nce) 118 Haydn Minuet in Bt Plano Tone Pls, ook, ar Hall OUP) usta 4 Py Grinding he Cor: No fomn The Wind Forsyth) 5 Glinka Pols Shore Romane Pees for Pano Book 1 ABRSM) 16 Sullivan Gavote: ftom Th Gondolir Piano Time Opera a Hall (OUP) use 41 allan Anderson Somenbere net hi. 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(10 The cae on oe oa Seno anc ‘sped sm Aon ay ogre ey char oe HRSA 795) apaceGa Bear Dance cial from Nicolai Podgornov's Graded Pieces fr Piano, Vol. 1 Nicolai Pedgornov (bom 950) Pesante, beavishly J = 66 ‘cola Podgornov was born in Leningrad now St Petesbus, but slace 1991 has ved and worked in Gtmany He has much epesince of evlonng oc jazz ad pop muse, awl os composing forthe cinema, thea ad levson. ‘sia beara performance ofthis dance would sound aber ungaaly and pondecous, twit an unmistakable wc ote ome coi 20 Use aon A, WEES Tepoduted ypemininn Als ern Ales sou hs pes par om howe ang he exams, hu be desde Une "eh nodose ong See Loon x39Lullaby = No. § from Six Sketches C.V, Stanford ines2-1920 Andante (4. = 60} “The lsh-born composer Cher Sand stud at Cambridge Univer, where e was an organ scholar at Queens’ Calle, and then ‘he organist of Tait Calle. He became profesor of musi ofthe university a7. Ea, In 188, he had been appoint profesor of compotion the Rayal Collegeof Me, ane remariayhe managed tokeep bots postions going atthe sae tne. 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The theme muse was by the American composer and arrange Hoyt Curtin, who ‘so wrot the misc for other Hann Baers aroons. sich a cody Doo and Top a Inti piano agement sequal acepable nthe exo play the st igh hand chard down an octave. ‘oranda Yin ana. aera an Hy Can Din eto Teme se Cay nr Chappel Nat Amare ed Londen 8 “ens rs tad on cap ete Psa tbr Pod ne hepreauned by perme abe stan Aled al abitng Gane nacre legate ste pt oe ty ago the ae sob sree Pe Ms HomanGe Polka 5 Shae from Leichte Tanze, Book 2 Matyés Seiber (0905-40) empre saceato Lelente Tanz Eoey Dances ‘The Hungaian composer Mays Siberia with Kody the Badpest Academy (1919-24, but in 1935 este in rgd, where he ‘cane lectus at Morley Clee Landon (42-57 and extablshed ne eptation a teacher of ompostion. "The pole a beminn dane for coupes in asmoderatl fast 214 Ue Itbecane very popular troughou Europe an Ameria inthe 10h “Te pare semiquaversin bb, 12-1 are unmarked, ot might be tive our thm at contrast tthe revaing stacat. All dynamics vedo sugiestons only. eran A i eo ts set lp mh ty ag Be a a nd he anacaStrange Things Happen EE Sarah Watts With a swing J= 6120 09= 3D) of rats was student atthe Repl Collegeof Muse where she studied Banana plo. She was inspired at neni age by he mother ‘Sh played rz at ome, and who encouraged ero improvee Nowadays Ooe fer main musica acttesscmpostion Axwell wag ‘Hane muss as published masa chor works, nd sever books of educational musi for woodwind instrament Icing the Rd oe Recor ard Razamajs sees, ‘Senge Thing tappon i weten nthe syle of 1890 sng. Fora sts performance ty to magne the left hand a. plcato double ‘ses Reping asl tytn toughow ‘©at2by The Asc Road oft aa Soa Mae anaw9