ABRSM Piano 2011 & 2012 Grade 8 Syllabus

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Board:	ABRSM
Syllabus:	Piano 2011 & 2012
Grade:	8

Important information:
Please note that the information listed below does not contain complete syllabus details. Therefore, when planning an exam entry, it is important to refer to the following publications:

• The current syllabus
• The current Examination Information & Regulations
• These Music Exams (containing practical advice for candidates, teachers and parents)

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• Purchase audio recordings of pieces from this syllabus

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Complete recordings of all the Grade 8 syllabus

Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012 CD, Grade 8 (ABRSM)
$32.45

Pieces (select one from each list)

List A

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1. Capriccio: 6th movt from Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 J. S. Bach	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

2. Prelude and Fugue in C: No. 1 from 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 101 Trygve Madsen	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

3. Prelude and Fugue in Bb: No. 2 from Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16 C. Schumann	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

4. Prelude and Fugue in Bb, BWV 866: No. 21 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1 J. S. Bach	The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part I (ABRSM) $49.06	The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part I (ABRSM) $23.66

5. Prelude and Allemande: 1st and 2nd movts from Suite (No. 5) in E (1720 Collection), HWV 430 Handel	Eight Great Suites, Book II (ABRSM) $14.64

6. Fugue: No. 2 from Le tombeau de Couperin Ravel	Le tombeau de Couperin (Peters Edition) $15.75	Le tombeau de Couperin Piano Solo (Durand) $28.47

7. Sonata in F# minor, Kp. 25 (L. 481) D. Scarlatti	200 Sonatas Vol. 1 Keyboard (Editio Musica Budapest) $38.78	Keyboard Pieces and Sonatas, Book II (ABRSM) $11.47

8. Sonata in B minor, Kp. 27 (L. 449) D. Scarlatti	200 Sonatas Vol. 1 Keyboard (Editio Musica Budapest) $38.78	Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book IV (moderately difficult) (ABRSM) $15.04

List B

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1. Rondo: 3rd movt from Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (Grande Sonate pathétique) Beethoven	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

2. Allegro moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in Eb, Op. 1 No. 1 Field	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

3. Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in D, K. 284/205b Mozart	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

4. Allegro: 4th movt from (Grand) Sonata in Ab, Op. 26 Beethoven	Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, Volume II (ABRSM) $29.99	Grand Sonata in A flat major, Op. 26 (ABRSM) $7.52
	Piano Sonata in A flat, Op. 26 (ABRSM) $7.52	The 35 Piano Sonatas, Volume 2 Op. 22 – Op. 54 (ABRSM) $30.86

5. Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in A Clementi	Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 (Peters Edition) $23.66

6. Moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in C# minor, Hob. XVI/36 Haydn	Complete Piano Sonatas vol.2 (Wiener Urtext Edition) (Wiener Urtext) $25.24	Complete Piano Sonatas Vol.3 (Wiener Urtext Edition) (Wiener Urtext) $38.78

7. Allegro moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in Eb, Hob. XVI/38 Haydn	Selected Keyboard Sonatas, Book II (ABRSM) $15.04

8. Moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in E minor (unfinished), D. 566 Schubert	Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, Volume I (ABRSM) $34.82

List C

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1. Sous le palmier: No. 3 from Chants d’Espagne, Op. 232 Albéniz	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

2. Valse romantique Debussy	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

3. King for a Day Dave Brubeck	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

4. Nocturne in B, Op. 32 No. 1 Chopin	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

5. Novelette in Fourths Gershwin	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

6. Prelude: No. 7 from Ten Pieces, Op. 12 Prokofiev	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $15.43	Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 8, with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $41.15

7. Prelude in Eb: No. 7 from 24 Preludes, Op. 102 Y. Bowen	24 Preludes in Major & Minor Keys Op. 102 (Weinberger) $31.57

8. Toccata montuna Douglas Finch	Salsa Nueva (Book & CD) (Boosey & Hawkes (London)) $23.72

9. Sonatina, Op. 100 Nikolai Kapustin	Sonatina Op. 100 (A-RAM) $11.87

10. Au lac de Wallenstadt: No. 2 from Années de Pèlerinage: Première année – Suisse Liszt	Années de Pèlerinage: Première année – Suisse (piano) (Henle) $25.24

11. Plainte calme: No. 7 from Préludes Messiaen	Préludes for piano (Durand) $42.72

12. Canción y Danza No. 1 Mompou	Música para Piano (Music for solo piano) (Unión Musical Ediciones S.L.) $15.75

13. Mélodie in E: No. 3 from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 Rachmaninov	Piano Compositions 3 (incl: Morceaux de Fantaisie, Morceaux de Salon etc.) Russian Piano Classics (Boosey & Hawkes (London)) $26.89

14. Abschied (Farewell): No. 9 from Waldscenen, Op. 82 Schumann	Waldscenen Op. 82 (ABRSM) $9.10

15. Polka in E: from Trois polka de salon, Op. 7 Smetana	Polkas For Piano (urtext) (Bärenreiter) $26.83

16. Bagatelle No. 2: from Five Bagatelles Carl Vine	Five Bagatelles (Faber Music) $10.29

Also Recommended

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1. Scales & Arpeggios	Piano Scales & Arpeggios, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $7.83

2. Sight Reading Tests	Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $7.83

3. Preparation for the Aural Tests	Aural Training in Practice, ABRSM Grades 6–8, with 3 CDs (ABRSM) $23.66	Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 8 (ABRSM) $8.70
	Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 8 with 2 CDs (ABRSM) $22.08