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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended for the Trinity College London Piano grade 8 from 2023 syllabus:
Scales and Arpeggios
Improve Your Sight-reading
Trinity Piano Grade 8
Aural Tests
Group A
| Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue in E, BWV 854 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier book 1) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 2. | Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude in G, BWV 902 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020598 |
| 3. | Béla Bartók | No. 2 from Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (from Mikrokosmos, Sz 107, vol 6) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 4. | Ludwig van Beethoven | Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in G, op. 14 no. 2) | Piano Sonatas, op. 14 no. 1 & no. 2 | Henle HN810 |
| 5. | Rob Colley | Hoe-down | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 6. | Carl Czerny | Feodora (from Album élégant des dames pianistes, op. 804) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 7. | Jacques Duphly | La Vanlo (from Pièces de clavecin book 1) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032072 |
| 8. | Jacob Fitzgerald | Invention 1 (from Four Inventions) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 9. | George Frideric Handel | Presto (6th movt from Suite no. 3 in D minor, HWV 428) | Keyboard Works vol 1 | Bärenreiter BA4224 |
| 10. | Joseph Haydn | Allegro con brio (1st movt from Sonata in D, Hob XVI:37) | Piano Sonata in D, Hob XVI:37 | Henle HN177 |
| 11. | Joseph Haydn | Allegro con brio (1st movt from Sonata in G, Hob XVI:27) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032072 |
| 12. | Joseph Haydn | Moderato (1st movt from Sonata in G minor, Hob XVI:44) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from from : Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020598 |
| 13. | Gerard Hengeveld | Prelude (from Partita rhythmique) | Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 6-8 | Trinity TCL015395 |
| 14. | Paul Hindemith | Praeludium (from Ludus tonalis) | Ludus tonalis | Schott ED3964 |
| 15. | Friedrich Kuhlau | Rondo (2nd movt from Sonatina in A, op. 59 no. 1) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 16. | Zhenyan Li | Investigations | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 17. | Hélène de Montgeroult | Etude no. 104 in G# minor | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 18. | Yukinojo Mori & Chiho Kiyooka, arr. John Human | Cha-La Head-Cha-La (from Dragon Ball Z) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 19. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in B♭, K 570) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020598 |
| 20. | Francis Poulenc | Vif (3rd movt from Suite for Piano) | Suite for Piano | Chester CH02076 |
| 21. | Jean-Philippe Rameau | Fanfarinette and La triomphante (from Suite in A minor) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020598 |
| 22. | Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata in C, ‘Pastorale', K 513 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 23. | Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata in F minor, K 19 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032072 |
| 24. | Franz Schubert | Scherzo (3rd movt from Sonata in A, D 959) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
Group B
| Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25. | Béla Bartók | Allegretto (1st movt from Suite, op. 14) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020598 |
| 26. | Amy Beach | Scottish Legend (no. 1 from Two Pieces, op. 54) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 27. | Lili Boulanger | D'un vieux jardin (no. 1 from Trois morceaux pour piano) | Trois morceaux pour piano | Schirmer GS33485 |
| 28. | Johannes Brahms | Intermezzo in B minor, op. 119 no. 1 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020598 |
| 29. | Martin Butler | Chameleon (from Préludes inégales) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032072 |
| 30. | Mark Choi | A New Adventure | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 31. | Frédéric Chopin | Nouvelle étude in A♭ (from 3 nouvelles études, B 130) | The Complete Etudes | Wiener UT50205 |
| 32. | Frédéric Chopin | Valse, op. 64 no. 1 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 33. | Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Julian Joseph | Deep River, op. 59 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032072 |
| 34. | Chick Corea, arr. Alex Wilson | Armando’s Rhumba | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 35. | Claude Debussy | Clair de lune (3rd movt from Suite bergamasque) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032072 |
| 36. | Claude Debussy | Minstrels (from Préludes book 1)* | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020598 |
| 37. | Madeleine Dring | Blue Air (from Colour Suite) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 38. | Paul Edis | Vignette | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 39. | Gabriel Fauré | Capriccio (no. 1 from Pièces brèves, op. 84) | Pièces brèves, op. 84 | Peters EP7601 |
| 40. | Ben Folds, arr. Jess Bailey | The Luckiest (Ben Folds) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032072 |
| 41. | George Gershwin | Prelude no. 2 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 42. | Enrique Granados | Andaluza (no. 5 from Danzas españolas) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 43. | Asuka Hayazaki, arr. Chris Hussey | Coconut Mall (Mario Kart Wii) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032072 |
| 44. | John Ireland | Elegy (from A Downland Suite) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020598 |
| 45. | Leoš Janácěk | Nelze Domluvit! (Lost for Words!) (no. 6 from On an Overgrown Path) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 46. | David Jennings | Romance | Miniature Suite, op. 18 | Goodmusic GM108 |
| 47. | Scott Joplin | The Cascades | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 48. | Ma Jinfeng & Zhang Nan, arr. Zhang Zhao | Remote Xianggelila | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020598 |
| 49. | Michael Nyman | The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 50. | Dora Pejačević | Erinnerung, op. 24 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031983 or TCL032072 |
| 51. | Oscar Peterson | Land of the Misty Giants | The Oscar Peterson Trio: Canadiana Suite | Hal Leonard HL00672543 |
| 52. | Francis Poulenc | Nocturne no. 8 | Nocturnes | Heugel HE33336 |
| 53. | Dario Sciarra | Romance | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from : Grade 8 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020314 or TCL020598 |
| 54. | Take That, arr. Paul Ayres | Rule the World (Take That) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 8 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032072 |
| 55. | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | October (from The Seasons, op. 37a) | The Seasons, op. 37a | Peters EP8968 |
| 56. | Joaquín Turina | Las zapatillas del torero (Shoes of a Toreador) (7th movt from En la zapatería (At the Shoemaker's), op. 71) | Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 6-8 | Trinity TCL015395 |
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