Grade By Grade – Piano

Classique

Contenu

B. Bartók: Round Dance from "For Chíldren"
Bernstein and Sondheim: America from "West Side Story"
Traditional: O Waly Waly
B. Martinu: A Little Waltz for Sonika
I. Farrington: Gamelan Glimmer
A. Benjamin: A Song With A Sad Ending from "Fantasies for Piano"
P. Hughes: Last Tango in Powys
D. Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra
D. Kabalevsky: Playing Ball from "Thirty Pieces for Children"
Anon: Watkin's Ale
A. Khachaturian: A Little Song from "Pictures of Chldhood"
Z. Kodály: Children's Dances
C. Norton: Picnic Piece
Traditional: Londonderry Air
E. Elgar: Sonatina
A. Wood: Barwick Green from "My Native Heath"
S. Prokofieff: Peter's Theme from "Peter and the Wolf"

Description :

The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others.
Carefully selected by Iain Farrington, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 3 pianist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.
Each volume contains:
a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip
grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises
brand new sight-reading and improvisation activities
newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks
Packaged with a CD of full performance demonstrations and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.
Iain Farrington has an exceptionally busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. He has performed across the world, notably at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, and has worked with many leading musicians, including Bryn Terfel and Sir Paul McCartney. As a composer, Iain's music has been performed, recorded and broadcast worldwide, and his wide-ranging catalogue of arrangements receives regular international performances.