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A Guide to the Trinity College Piano Syllabus (2021 - 2023)
This series features video walk-throughs of a selection of pieces from Trinity College London’s 2021 - 2023 piano examination syllabus, giving plenty of tips for practice, as well as suggestions for piano teachers, and guidance on matters relating to style and interpretation.
Contents
Praetorious - Old German Dance
Reinagle - Allegretto (No. 9 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, Op. 1)
Schein (arr. Snell) - Allemande
Böhm – Minuet in G (from Clavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach)
Proksch – FreuDich / Feelicitous
Couperin – Les coucous bénévoles
Haydn – Andante (3rd mvt from Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:8)
Crosland - The Clown and the Ballerina
Bartók – The Highway Robber (from For Children, Sz. 42)
Elgar - Andantino (First movement from Sonatina)
Kuhlau – Allegretto, Op. 55 No. 2
Mozart - Allegretto (from The London Sketchbook, K. 15hh)
Lemoine – Etude No. 23, Op. 37
Schumann – Sicilienne (No. 11 from Album for the Young, Op. 68)
Maykapar – Valse (No. 5 from Biriulki, op. 28)
Proksch - And Now Let's Handel
FX Dušek - Allegro (1st mvt from Sonata XII in G major)
Camidge - Scherzando (Second movement from Sonata no. 1 in G major)
Schubert - Valse sentimentale, Op. 50 No. 13
Burgmüller – Berceuse (No. 7 from 18 Characteristic Studies, Op. 109)
Tchaikovsky - Süße Träumerei (Sweet Reverie)(No. 21 from Kinderalbum, Op. 39)
François Couperin - Allemande (from L’art de toucher le claveçin)
Byrd - Coranto (No. 218 from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
Joseph Haydn - Finale (3rd mvt from Sonata in C major, Hob XVI: 35)
Karganov - Arabesque (Op. 6 No. 4)
Reger - Versöhnung (Reconciliation) (No. 20 from Aus der Jugendzeit, Op. 17)
Béla Bartók - Stamping Dance (from Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, vol 5)
Alfredo Casella - Galop Final (from 11 Pezzi Infantili, Op. 35)
Bach - Invention No.12 in A Major, BWV 783
Handel - Capriccio in G minor, HWV 483
Haydn - Finale, Presto (3rd mvt from Sonata in D, Hob.XVI:24)
Martinez - Allegro (1st mvt from Sonata in E Major)
Fibich - Lento (Moods, Impressions and Souvenirs, Op.41 No.139)
Mozart - Minuet in D major, K. 355
Mendelssohn - No. 2 from Kinderstücke (Op. 72)
Bach - Prelude & Fugue in E Major, BWV 854
Bartók - No.2 from Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (from Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, vol. 6)
Czerny - Feodora (from Album élégant des dames pianistes, Op. 804)
Brahms - Intermezzo in B minor (Op. 119 No. 1)
Rameau - Fanfarinette and La Triomphante (from Suite in A minor)
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