Teachers’ Choice Examination Pieces for 2025 & 2026 Grades 1, 2 & 3 (Josephine Koh)

Contains ABRSM examination pieces of the 2025 / 2026 syllabus

Grade 1
A7  Gurlitt   The Chase/The Hunt (No. 15 from First Lessons for the Piano, Op.117)
A8  Handel  Gavotte in C
A10  Hook  Gavotte in C (No. 3 from 24 Progessive Lessons, Op81)
A11  L. Mozart   Minuet in F (No. 6 from Nanneri-Notenbuch)
A13  Purcell   Minuet in A minor, Z. 649
A15  Turk  Arioso in F (No. 1 from 12 Handstucke)
B5  Alwyn  The Trees are Heavy with Snow
B8  Grechaninov  Fairy Tale (No. 1 from Children’s Album, Op. 98)
C7  Carol Barratt  Cheesecake-Walk (from Get It Together!)
C8  Elias Davidsson  The Frog (from The Gift of Music )
C9  Gillock  Swinging Beat

Grade 2
A4           Anon     Corranto (from Fritzwilliam Virginal Book)
A6           Goedicke     Etude in A minor,Op. 36 No. 13
A9           Kabalevsky   Galop/Hopping (No. 18 from24 LittfePieces, Op. 39)
A10        attrib. L.Mozart     Bourlesq (fromTheWolfgang Notebook)
A11        Mozart                 Minuet in D, K.7
A13        Purcell   Air in D minor, Z.T676
A15        Telemann   Gavotte
B2           Kabalevsky    A Little Song (No, 2 from 30 Children’s Pieces, Op. 27)
B4           Bartok   Sorrow (No. 7 from For Children, Vol. 2)
B8           Grechaninov      Farewell (No.4 from Children’s Album, Op. 98)
B11         Spindler    Waltz in A minor
B14         Tchaikovsky   Waltz (from TheSleeping Seouty), arr.J. & A. Bullard
B15         Sarah Watts   Postcard from Paris (from Razzamajazz Repertoire Piano)
C6           Ludovico Einaudi      The Snow Prelude No.3
C13         Sculthorpe    Singing Sun (No. 6 from A Little Book of Hours)
C14         Seiber    Tango II (Habanera) (from Leichte TanzeI)
C16         PamWedgwood      Champagne Rag (No.11 from Easy Jazzin’ About Piano)

​Grade 3
A2           Mozart    Allegro in F (from London Sketchbook, K. 15a)
A9           L. Mozart     Angloise (from Notebook for Wolfgang)
A10        Mozart    Allegro In B-flat, K.3
A13        Reinecke    Vivace (4^th movt from Sonatina in A minor, Op. 136 No. 4)
A14        Schumann    Wilder Reiter (The Wild Horseman)
(No.8 from Album fur Jugeng Op. 68)
A16        Weber      Scherzo
B6           Gartok        Andante (No.2 from For Children,Vol.2)
B8           W. Carroll      Spraymist (No.3 from In Southern Seas)
B9           Gurlitt      Song, Op.172, No.1
B11         H. Hofmann       Melodie (No. 5 from Skizzen, Op. 77)
B14         Tchaikovsky       Chanson itallenne (No.15 from Album pour enfants, Op. 39)
C10         H. Hofmann       Waldvoglein (No.15 from Skiuzzen, Op. 77)
C12         H. Mancini & J. Mercer     Moon River (from Breakfast at Tiffany’s), arr. Miler
C15         Karen Tanaka     Northern Lights
C16         James Welburn    Groovin’ Grasshopper (from Adventrues and Accolodes)