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Grade by Grade
for Piano Solo Iain has compiled a series of piano anthologies for the publisher Boosey & Hawkes, containing repertoire and learning material appropriate for Grades 1 to 5. He has selected repertoire from the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, including works by Bartok, Elgar, Prokofieff, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich. Iain has also made new arrangements of familiar repertoire, including light music from the world of radio and TV, as well as compositions of his own. The volumes also include performance tips, scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire, new sight-reading activities, aural awareness tasks, and a CD with Iain performing all the works. More information here. |
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Grade 1
Christopher Norton: WALKING TOGETHER Dmitri Kabalevsky: MY STUBBORN LITTLE BROTHER Johannes Brahms (arr. IF): WIEGENLIED Hywel Davies: AIR Traditional: SUR LE PONT D’AVIGNON Jessie Blake: THE LITTLE WHITE CLOUD Alex Joannides: SEA BREEZE [Duet] Traditional (arr. IF): AMAZING GRACE Béla Bartók: QUASI ADAGIO from ‘For Children’ Iain Farrington: FROM THE NORTH Dmitri Shostakovich: MARCH August Eberhard Müller: SICILIANO Traditional: SUSY, LITTLE SUSY Paul Hughes: QUESTIONS Anon: A TOYE Traditional: THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW [Duet] Rodgers & Hammerstein: DO-RE-MI Traditional (arr. IF): ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN Grade 2 Traditional: THE PLOUGHBOY John Hawkins: DONKEY DRIVE Zoltán Kodály: CHILDREN’S DANCES – No 1 Béla Bartók: SORROW from ‘For Children’ (volume 2) Dmitri Kabalevsky: A LITTLE SONG Iain Farrington: TRANCE Francisco Tárrega (arr. IF): GRAN VALS Christopher Norton: CLOUDY DAY Rodgers & Hammerstein: MY FAVORITE THINGS Dmitri Shostakovich: THE BEAR Anon: CORRANTO Paul Hughes: UP TO NO GOOD Elena Kats-Chernin (arr. IF): ELIZA ARIA Anon: LULLABY [Duet] Serge Prokofieff: THE CAT from ‘Peter and the Wolf’ Christopher Norton: ALL TOGETHER NOW [Duet] Traditional (arr. IF): SCARBOROUGH FAIR Grade 3 Béla Bartók: ROUND DANCE Bernstein & Sondheim: AMERICA Traditional: O WALY WALY Bohuslav Martinu: A LITTLE WALTZ FOR SONICKA Iain Farrington: GAMELAN GLIMMER Arthur Benjamin: A SONG WITH A SAD ENDING Paul Hughes: LAST TANGO IN POWYS Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. IF): SUITE FOR VARIETY ORCHESTRA – Second Waltz Dmitri Kabalevsky: PLAYING BALL Anon: WATKIN’S ALE Aram Khachaturian: A LITTLE SONG Zoltán Kodály: CHILDREN’S DANCES – No 2 Christopher Norton: PICNIC PIECE Traditional (arr. IF): LONDONDERRY AIR Edward Elgar: SONATINA – first movement Arthur Wood (arr. IF): BARWICK GREEN Serge Prokofieff: PETER’S THEME from ‘Peter and the Wolf’ |
Grade 4
Arthur Benjamin SOLDIERS IN THE DISTANCE William Byrd: LA VOLTA Béla Bartók: TEASING SONG Carlos Gardel (arr. IF): POR UNA CABEZA Peter Maxwell Davies: CALM WATER Julius Fucík (arr IF): ENTRANCE OF THE GLADIATORS Henry Purcell: ROUND O Serge Prokofieff: MARCHE from ‘Musiques d’Enfants’ Christopher Norton: EARLY EVENING Aram Khachaturian: SCHERZO Duke Ellington (arr. IF): RUDE INTERLUDE Dmitri Kabalevsky: SONATINA Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. IF): PIANO CONCERTO No 2 – first movement Iain Farrington: STEPPING STONES Dmitri Shostakovich: CLOCK-WORK DOLL Kenneth J Alford (arr. IF): COLONEL BOGEY MARCH Grade 5 Christopher Norton: SIERRA Dmitri Shostakovich: GAVOTTE Aaron Copland: IN EVENING AIR Frank Bridge: ALLEGRETTO CON MOTO Trevor Duncan (arr. IF): MARCH Arthur Benjamin: HAUNTED HOUSE Iain Farrington: ECHOES Duke Ellington (arr. IF): DALLAS DOINGS Aram Khachaturian: THE LITTLE HORSE Elena Kats-Chernin: LITTLE DOOR Dmitri Kabalevsky: CAVALRYMAN Sam Fonteyn (arr. IF): POP LOOKS BACH Rodgers & Hammerstein: CLIMB EV’RY MOUNTAIN Serge Prokofieff: MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS Francisco Tárrega (arr. IF): GRAN VALS Separate volumes published by Boosey & Hawkes |
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