Grade by Grade Piano. Grade 4

Boosey & Hawkes, 2015. — 46 p. — ISMN 9790060127687.The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & 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 4 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 tasksA. Benjamin: Soldiers In The Distance from "Fantasies for Piano"
W. Byrd: La Volta
B. Bartok: Teasing Song from "For Children"
C. Gardel: Por unda Cabeza
P.M. Davies: Calm Walter from "Stevie's Ferry To Hoy"
J. Fucik: Entrance Of The Gladiators
H. Purcell: Round O
S. Prokofieff: Marche from "Musiques d'Enfants"
C. Norton: Early Evening
A. Khachaturian: Scherzo from "Pictures of Childhood"
D. Ellington: Rude Interlude
D. Kabalevsky: Sonatina from "Thirty Pieces for Children"
S. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
I. Farrington: Stepping Stones
D. Shostakovich: Clock-Work Doll from "Six Children's Pieces"
K.J. Alford: Colonel Bogey March