A selection of repertoire for the ABRSM piano syllabus 2011 – 2012

The present Grade 8 anthology for the ABRSM 2011-2012 piano syllabus aims to make some of these editions available to piano students preparing for this examination. This collection contains ten pieces from lists A to C, including Bach’s Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Schubert’s Moderato from Sonata D. 566 and Beethoven’s Rondo from Grande Sonate Pathtique, op. 13. This edition also contains teaching and learning commentary, written with the intent to encourage debate between teachers and students concerning ornamentation, practice strategies, fingerings, and more. The collection also contains a list of suggested pieces from the Dip ABRSM piano syllabus, appropriate for students who are about to move on from grade 8.

Table of Contents

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude and Fugue in B flat major, BWV 866, from: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Capriccio, from: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Hndel, Georg Friedrich: Prlude and Allemande, from: Suite in E major, HWV 430
Haydn, Joseph: Allegro moderato, from: Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI:38
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Allegro, from: Sonata in D major, K. 284
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Rondo, from: Grande Sonate Pathtique in C minor, Op. 13
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Allegro, from: Sonata in A flat major, Op. 26
Schubert, Franz: Moderato, from: Sonata in E minor, D. 566
Schumann, Robert: Abschied, from: Waldszenen, Op. 82
Liszt, Franz: Au lac de Wallenstadt, from: Annes de Plerinage, Book 1: Switzerland
Teaching and learning commentary