A Guide to the ABRSM Syllabus (2023 - 2024)

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Schumann - Einsame Blumen (No. 3 from Waldscenen, Op. 82)

ABRSM Grade 6 – B13

Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82, is a set of nine short pieces written by Robert Schumann in 1849. Einsame Blumen (Lonely Flowers) is a piece of extreme delicacy and beauty, requiring the performer to paint a picture in sound from the imagination. The right hand is constructed from two voices as though in dialogue, with quite extreme dissonances that only work at a soft dynamic level with careful voicing by the pianist. The quaver rests in the left hand accompaniment imply a light touch, but are not necessarily to be taken as literal silences; in her edition, Clara Schumann suggests one pedal per bar at the start.

Resources & links This piece is available in print as part of the Piano Exam Pieces 2023 & 2024 Grade 6 publication here. Click here to view open domain editions for this work.

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