A Guide to the ABRSM Syllabus (2025 - 2026)
This series provides a detailed guide to the ABRSM piano examination syllabus for 2025 - 2026, including video walk-throughs with practice suggestions, tips on style and interpretation and other ideas for a selection of pieces (from initial to Grade 8).
Contents
Trad. Swedish (arr. Bullard) - Björnen sover
Beyer - Melody in G (No. 39 from École préliminaire de piano, Op. 101)
Edmund Jolliffe - In the Dead of Night
Sarah Watts - The Wibbly Waltz
Handel (arr. Bullard) - Fireworks Minuet (from Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351)
L. Köhler - Melody in F, Op. 190 No. 27
Trad. German (arr. Blackwell) - Muss i denn
Dunhill - A Song of Erin (No. 8 from First Year Pieces)
Amit Anand - Cyberspace Detective
Barbara Arens - Sparkling Splashes & Smooth Water (from The Mermaid Challenge)
Beethoven - Moderato (1st mvt from Sonatina in G, WoO Anh. 5)
Daquin - Suite de la réjouissance (Gavotte en rondeau from Premier livre de pièces de clavecin)
L. Köhler - Allegro moderato (1st mvt from Sonatina in G, Op. 300 No. 93)
Mozart - Allegro in F (from London Sketchbook, K. 15a)
Mel Bonis - Douce amis (from Album pour les tout-petits, Op. 103)
Bartók - Allegretto (No. 3 from For Children, Vol. 2)
Shruthi Rajasekar - The Quiet of the Night
Benda - Allegro assai (3rd mvt from Sonata in G)
Haydn - Menuet and Trio (3rd mvt from Sonata in C, Hob. XVI:1)
Grieg - Waltz (No. 2 from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12)
J. F. F. Burgmüller - Tarantella (No. 20 from 25 études faciles et progressives, Op. 100)
Clementi - Spiritoso (1st mvt from Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3)
Schubert - Waltz in B Minor, D. 145 No. 6
Prokofiev - La pluie et l’arc-en-ciel (No. 8 from Musiques d’enfants, Op. 65)
J. S. Bach - Invention No. 14 in B flat, BWV 785
C. Nielsen - Spilleværket (No. 6 from Humoreske-Bagateller, Op. 11)
Hensel - Bagatelle in F (No. 1 from Two Bagatelles)
Author
Graham Fitch
Graham Fitch, based in London, maintains an international career not only as a pianist, but also as a teacher, adjudicator, examiner, lecturer, writer and commentator on piano playing and musical subjects.
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