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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended for the Trinity College London Piano grade 2 from 2023 syllabus:
Scales and Arpeggios
Improve Your Sight-reading
Trinity Piano Grade 2
Trinity Aural Test books Grades initial to 5
| Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Béla Bartók | Children at Play, no. 1 | For Children vol 1 | Henle HN1225 |
| 2. | Georg Böhm | Minuet in G (from Clavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 3. | Mélanie Bonis | La machine à coudre (The Sewing Machine) (from Album pour les touts-petits, op. 103) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032010 |
| 4. | Mark Choi | Learning to Ride | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 5. | Hedwige Chrétien | Petit nuage (no. 3 from 6 petits préludes récréatifs) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 6. | Sam Cleaver | Persian Holiday | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020536 |
| 7. | Ben Crosland | Bendin' the Rules | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 8. | Ben Crosland | Railroad Blues | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032010 |
| 9. | Christine Donkin | The Penguin Parade | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 10. | Duke Ellington, arr. Sam Leak | It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 11. | Johann Joseph Fux, arr. Elizabeth Haas | Almost a Canon | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020536 |
| 12. | Dominic Glynn | The Sheltering Sky (from Eye of the Storm) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 13. | Alexander Goedicke | Die Nacht im Walde (Night in the Woods) (no. 32 from 60 Leichte Klavierstücke, op. 36) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032010 |
| 14. | Chris Gumbley | ‘Nuff Said | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 15. | Cornelius Gurlitt | Melodic Study (no. 4 from 16 Melodische Etüden, op. 198) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032010 |
| 16. | Johann Hässler | Menuet | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 17. | Johann Hässler, ed. Pauline Hall | Allegro in C | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 18. | Joseph Haydn | German Dance, Hob IX:12 no. 1 | Piano Junior: Performance Book 4 | Schott ED13834 |
| 19. | Hans-Günter Heumann | Island in the Sun (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 20. | Johann Hummel | The Hen (duet) | Piano Progress book 2 | Faber 0571508618 |
| 21. | Bryan Kelly | Catch Me! | Play the Piano book 2 | Clifton C124 |
| 22. | Hazel Gertrude Kinscella | The Merry Shepherd (no. 5 from Ten Little Duets for the Young Pianist) (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 23. | Koji Kondo, arr. Chris Hussey | The Legend of Zelda: Main Theme | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 24. | Felicitas Kukuck | The Rowboat | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020536 |
| 25. | Félix le Couppey | Arabian Air | Piano Piccolo | Schott ED22601 |
| 26. | Georg Simon Löhlein, arr. Elizabeth Haas | Balletto | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020536 |
| 27. | David Lvov-Kompaneets | The Sparrow | Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2 | Trinity TCL015372 |
| 28. | Alison Mathews | Jupiter Storm | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 29. | Samuel Maykapar | Tale (no. 2 from Petits contes- berceuses, op. 24) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032010 |
| 30. | Samuel Maykapar | Waltz (Вальс) (no. 1 from Miniatures, op. 33) | Piano Pieces | Zen-On 161661 |
| 31. | Rainer Mohrs | Shepherd's Melody | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020536 |
| 32. | Vera Mohrs | Poor Mouse | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020536 |
| 33. | Ray Moore | The Ballerina | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020536 |
| 34. | Christian Gottlob Neefe, arr. Fanny Waterman & Marion Harewood | Canzonet | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 35. | Christian Petzold | Minuet in G minor | Classical Music for Children | Schott ED21905 |
| 36. | Michael Proksch | FreuDich/Feelicitous | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 37. | Stanisław Prószyński | The Marionettes (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020536 |
| 38. | Henry Purcell | Hornpipe in E minor, Z 685 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032010 |
| 39. | Robert Ramskill | It's a Walk in the Park | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 40. | Mongo Santamaría, arr. Gareth Williams | Afro Blue | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 41. | Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes, arr. Gillian Walshaw | Writing's on the Wall (from Spectre) (Sam Smith) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032010 |
| 42. | John Stephens & Tobias Gad, arr. Chris Hussey | All of Me (John Legend) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 43. | Waris Sukontapatipark | Floating Balloons | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 44. | Adrian Sutton | The Broken Clock | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032010 |
| 45. | Maria Szymanowska | Mazurka | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 46. | Hilary Tadman-Robins | Lazy Waltz | Just for Starters | Encore 120003 |
| 47. | Mark Tanner | Orpheus in his Underpants | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
| 48. | Georg Philipp Telemann | Fantasia in G minor | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032010 |
| 49. | Georg Philipp Telemann | Minuet (from Tanzfolge I) | Piano Progress book 1 | Faber 057150860X |
| 50. | Georg Philipp Telemann | Rigaudon | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020536 |
| 51. | Anne Terzibaschitsch | The Gondola (duet) | Piano Dreams: duet book 2 | Trinity TCL015365 |
| 52. | Anne Terzibaschitsch | The Little Locomotive | Piano Dreams: solo book 2 | Trinity TCL015341 |
| 53. | Carl Maria von Weber | Allemande, op. 4 no. 2 | Piano Piccolo | Schott ED22601 |
| 54. | John Williams | Hedwig’s Theme (from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031921 or TCL032010 |
| 55. | Malcolm Williamson | King's Cross (from Travel Diaries) | Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2 | Trinity TCL015372 |
| 56. | Naomi Yandell | Fun Fair Blues | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020253 or TCL020536 |
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