Grade 8 Piano Anthology: Examination Pieces for 2021 and 2022

The Grade 8 Piano Anthology 2021/22 comprises a broad selection of examination pieces from lists A, B and C of the Associated Board syllabus.The anthology supports students preparing for the Practical Exam or for the new Performance Exam. Aural Notes, by Caroline Evans (author of the Edition Peters Aural Test Survival Books), draw upon music in the Anthology to provide preparation material for the type of discussion topics typically encountered in the Grade 8 Practical Exam aural test. Those preparing for the Grade 8 Performance Exam are aided by Performance Notes by Norman Beedie (Lecturer in Classical Improvisation, Piano and Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), which give advice on technique and interpretation for each piece, and guidance on preparing an effective programme. The pieces in this volume are drawn from the extensive range of piano music in the Edition Peters catalogue – one of the widest available.

List A

J. S. Bach: Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906
Haydn: Allegro moderato (1st movement from Sonata in A-flat, Hob. XVI:46)
C. Schumann: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat (No. 2 from Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16)
J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 884 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 2)
Beethoven: Allegro (1st movement from Sonata in E, Op. 14 No. 1)
Handel: Prelude and Allegro (Fuga) (1st and 2nd movts from Suite No. 8 in F minor, HWV 433)
Martínez: Allegro/Moderato (1st movement from Sonata No. 3 in A)
Mozart: Andante grazioso and Vars. 1–6 (1st movement from Sonata in A, K. 331)
Rameau: Les cyclopes (from Pièces de clavecin)
D. Scarlatti: Sonata in D, K443

List B

Brahms: Intermezzo in E (No. 6 from Fantasies, Op. 116)
Arensky: Nocturne in D-flat (No. 3 from 24 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 36)
Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
Janácek: Andante (No. 1 from In the Mists)
Rachmaninoff: Moment Musical in D-flat, Op. 16 No. 5
Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat (No. 2 from Four Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935)
Schumann: Romanze in F-sharp (No. 2 from Drei Romanzen, Op. 28)

List C

Bartók: Rondo (No. 1 from Three Rondos on Folk Tunes)
Sculthorpe: Snow, Moon and Flowers (from Night Pieces)
Chaminade: Pierette (Air de Ballet), Op. 41
Debussy: Rêverie
Khachaturian: Toccata
Cecilia McDowall: Vespers in Venice (from Four Piano Solos)
Villa-Lobos: O polichinelo (from A prole do bebê no. 1)