This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 3 Piano Syllabus for 2019 & 2020, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. The enclosed CD features inspiring recordings of all 18 pieces on the Grade 3 syllabus.
Contents:
- Allegro: first movement from Sonatina in F, Op.12 No. 3 [James Hook]
- Giga (from Sonatina in D minor) [Carlos de Seixas]
- Bransle de la Torche: from Terpsichore [Michael Praetorius]
- Shadows (from River and Rainbow) [Walter Carroll]
- Allegretto grazioso: No. 11 from Kleine Blumen, Op. 205 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
- Prelude: 1st Movement from Serenade in C, Op. 183 No.1 [Carl Reinecke]
- Dance, No. 8 from For Children, Vol. 2 [Béla Bartók]
- ‘Diversion’, No. 1 from Diversions [Richard Rodney Bennett]
- Blues in the Attic [Nikki Iles]
RECORDINGS
- Allegro: first movement from Sonatina in F, Op.12 No. 3 [James Hook]
- Giga (from Sonatina in D minor) [Carlos de Seixas]
- Bransle de la Torche: from Terpsichore [Michael Praetorius]
- English Dance in B flat (No. 9 from 20 englische Tanze) [Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf]
- German Dance [Joseph Haydn]
- Menuett in F, K.5 [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
- Shadows (from River and Rainbow) [Walter Carroll]
- Allegretto grazioso: No. 11 from Kleine Blumen, Op. 205 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
- Prelude: 1st Movement from Serenade in C, Op. 183 No.1 [Carl Reinecke]
- Hallelujah [Leonard Cohen]
- Thistles in the Wind [Martha Mier]
- Old French Song (No. 16 from Album for the Young), Op. 39 [Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky]
- Dance, No. 8 from For Children, Vol. 2 [Béla Bartók]
- ‘Diversion’, No. 1 from Diversions [Richard Rodney Bennett]
- Blues in the Attic [Nikki Iles]
- Unicorn (from Stars) [June Armstrong]
- Wouldn't it be Loverly? (from My Fair Lady) [Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe]
- Face in the Crowd (No. 25 from The Microjazz Piano Collection 2) [Christopher Norton]