Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus:

Grade 5 & Arpeggios Scales
ABRSM Piano Scales & Arpeggios Grade 5

Grade 5 Sight-reading
ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Grade 5
Additional Sight Reading Resources
ABRSM More Piano Sight Reading Grade 5
Join the Dots Grade 5

Grade 5 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)

Grade 5 Pieces
One piece must be chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. Please note that the first three pieces in each list are found in the ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces book:
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces Grade 5 (book only)
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces Grade 5 (book and Audio)

THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C;

List A
1 Cimarosa, Allegro (3rd movt from Sonata in C minor, C. 68)
2 Haydn, Minuet and Trio (2nd movt from Sonata in D, Hob. XVI:4)
3 Chee-Hwa Tan, Jester�s Jig (No. 7 from A Royal Birthday Celebration: Suite in Baroque Style)
4 J. S. Bach, Invention No. 8 in F, BWV 779, J. S. Bach: Two-part Inventions (ABRSM) or J. S. Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias (Henle fingered)/(Henle unfingered)� or Core Classics, Grades 5�6 (ABRSM) or Lang Lang Piano Academy: Mastering the Piano, Level 4 (Faber)
5 Beethoven, Bagatelle in G minor, Op. 119 No. 1 A Keyboard Anthology, 1st Series, Book 3 (ABRSM) or Core Classics, Grades 4�5 (ABRSM) or Classics for the Developing Pianist, Book 3 (Alfred)
6 J. H. Fiocco, Andante (from Pi�ces de clavecin, Op. 1) J. H. Fiocco: Eight Keyboard Pieces (ABRSM)
7 Haydn, Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:G1) Pp. 41�43 from Haydn: Selected Keyboard Sonatas, Book 1 (ABRSM) or Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Vol. 5 (Alfred)
8 Hummel, Allegro in C (No. 2 from Six pi�ces tr�s faciles, Op. 52) Hummel: 16 Short Pieces (ABRSM)
9 J. L. Krebs, Toccata in E- Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Vol. 6 (Alfred)
10 Mozart, Theme, Var. 1 and Var. 5 (from 12 Variations on �Ah vous dirai-je, maman�, K. 265) (Henle) or Mozart: �Ah, vous dirai-je Maman�, 12 Variations in C major, KV 265 (B�renreiter)
11 Gade, Ringeltanz (Boys� Merry-go-round) (No. 2 from Children�s Christmas, Op. 36) Gade: Aquarelles and Other Pieces (ABRSM) or More Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 3 (ABRSM)
12 S. Heller, Study in E minor (No. 7 from 30 Progressive Studies, Op. 46) (Universal)
13 Leo, Toccata No. 3, The Advanced Pianist, Book 1 (Faber)

List B
1 H. Hofmann, Minnelied (No. 7 from Stimmungsbilder, Op. 88)
2 Bernadette Marmion, Wind in the Willows (from Allsorts)
3 Pilling, Philomela
4 R. R. Bennett, Little Elegy� (Novello)
5 Granados, La hu�rfana (No. 9 from Cuentos de las juventud, Op. 1) Granados: Stories of the Young, Op. 1 (ABRSM)
6 S. Heller, Study in E minor, Op. 47 No. 15 with repeat S. Heller: 20 Miscellaneous Studies (ABRSM)
7 Massenet, M�lodie (No. 5 from 10 Pi�ces de genre, Op. 10) French Romantic Repertoire, Level 1 (Faber)
8 Mompou, La barca (from Impresiones �ntimas) (Uni�n Musical Ediciones) or Mompou: M�sica para piano (Uni�n Musical Ediciones)
9 Pachulski, Prelude in C minor, Op. 8 No. 1, A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book 3 (ABRSM)
10 Schumann, Von fremden L�ndern und Menschen (No. 1 from Kinderscenen, Op. 15) (ABRSM) or Schumann: Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15 (Henle) or Lang Lang Piano Academy: Mastering the Piano, Level 4 (Faber)
11 Gli�re, Evening (No. 5 from 8 Easy Pieces, Op. 43) Gli�re: Eight Easy Pieces, Op. 43 (ABRSM)
12 Philip Lane ,A Walk in the Park (No. 2 from Three Little Bites at the Big Apple) (Goodmusic)
13 Trad. Korean, Arirang, arr. Bullard Lang Lang Piano Academy: Mastering the Piano, Level 4 (Faber)

List C
1 Mike Cornick, In the Groove (from 20 Piano Studies)
2 Kabalevsky, Scherzo (No. 14 from 30 Children�s Pieces, Op. 27)
3 David �na�, A Distant Star in the Stillness
4 Agay, Blue Waltz, The Joy of Boogie and Blues (Yorktown Music Press)
5 Alwyn, The Sea is Angry, Pianoworks Collection 2 (OUP)
6 Bart�k, Winter Solstice Song (No. 38 from For Children, Vol. 1) (Boosey & Hawkes)
7 Victoria Borisova-Ollas, Silent Island Spectrum 3 (ABRSM)
8 Ludovico Einaudi, Elegy for the Arctic this edition only, Pp. 7�9 from Ludovico Einaudi: Extra Elements (Chester)
9 Pinto, March, Little Soldier! (No. 3 from Scenas infantis) gliss. optional�(G. Schirmer)
10 Catherine Rollin, Love Theme (from Lyric Moments, Book 2)� (Alfred)
11 Arlen, Stormy Weather, arr. Iles, Nikki Iles and Friends, Book 1 (ABRSM)
12 Martha Mier, Tuxedo Jazz (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 4)� (Alfred)
13 Andr� Bangambula, Vindu Lullaby (from Suite for Piano) Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 1 (OUP)

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