Piano Grade 5

Piano Grade 5 repertoire list for face-to-face and digital exams (from 2023)

For full guidance on repertoire selection, including the option to perform an own composition, please refer to the syllabus.

You can download a PDF of the complete repertoire list for all grades.

Download Piano accompaniment repertoire lists (available for face-to-face exams from Grade 5).

Grade 5 pieces

No.
Composer
Piece
Book
Publisher & Code
1
Dennis Alexander
All is Calm
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
2
William Alwyn
There Sleeps Titania (from Midsummer Night)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
3
Anon., ed. James Long
Coranto (no. 221 from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
4
Johann Sebastian Bach
2-Part Invention no. 4 in D minor, BWV 775
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
5
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gavotte (from French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816)
French Suites, BWV 812-817
Henle HN71
6
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in C, BWV 846 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier book 1)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
7
Gareth Balch
A Walk at Strumble Head
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
8
Sara Bareilles, arr. Alastair Gavin
What Baking Can Do (from  Waitress the Musical )
Single Edition
9
Béla Bartók
Dance of Buchum (bars 1-18 only, with no repeat)
Romanian Folk Dances
Henle HN1402
10
Jean-François Basteau
Regard 
Instants magiques
Lemoine HL29303
11
Amy Beach
Pantalon (from Young People's Carnival, op. 25)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
12
Arthur Benjamin
Haunted House
Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3-5
Trinity TCL015389
13
Friedrich Burgmüller
Berceuse (no. 7 from 18 Characteristic Studies, op. 109)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
14
Chris Caine
January – New Year
A Year in Twelve Keys – Diatonic Studies for Piano
or Single Edition
Trinity TCL234402
Single: TCL2404001e
15
Matthew Camidge
Scherzando (2nd movt from Sonata no. 1 in G)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
16
Charles Camilleri
Cantilena
Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3-5
Trinity TCL015389
17
Mike Cornick
Blues for Beth
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
18
Seána Davey
Ice Dance
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
19
Léo Delibes, arr. Barrie Carson Turner
Flower Duet (from Lakmé)
The Piano Playlist
Schott ED13860
20
František Xaver Dušek
Allegro (1st movt from Sonata XII in G)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
21
Duke Ellington, arr. Andrea Vicari
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
22
Marcos Fernandez
Málaga
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
23
Zdeněk Fibich
Lento assai (no. 3 from Moods, Impressions and Souvenirs, op. 41)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
24
Gilon Fox
Walk in the Park
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
25
Tom Gerou
March of the Roman Legionaries
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
26
Gordon Goodwin
Settle Down
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
27
Chabuca Granda, arr. Gareth Williams
Fina Estampa
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
28
George Frideric Handel 
Fantasia in D minor
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
29
Joseph Haydn
Andante in A, Hob I:53/II
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
30
Heinrich Hofmann
Am Abend (In the Evening) (no. 2 from Stimmungsbilder, op. 88)
Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3-5
Trinity TCL015389
31
Justin Hurwitz
Engagement Party (from La La Land)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
32
Marie Jaëll
Grisaille (Greyness) (no. 3 from Les jours pluvieux)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
33
Pál Járdányi
Andantino (1st movt from Sonatina no. 2)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
34
Billy Joel, arr. John Human
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
35
Friedrich Kuhlau
Allegro con spirito (1st movt from Sonatina in C, op. 55 no. 3)
Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3-5
Trinity TCL015389
36
Friedrich Kuhlau
Allegro molto (1st movt from Sonatina in F, op. 88 no. 4)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
37
Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, William Champion & Jon Buckland, arr. Chris Hussey
Clocks (Coldplay)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
38
John McCabe
Sports Car
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
39
Margaret Murray McLeod
Philippa's Jig 
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
40
Christopher Norton
Kettle Rag (from Lavender's Kind of Blue)
Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3-5
Trinity TCL015389
41
Ross Petot
Typhoon
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
42
Rachel Portman
Chocolat: Main Title Theme
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
43
Michael Proksch
And Now Let's Handel
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
44
Fishel Pustilnik
Circus Theme (including repeats)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
45
Antonio Rosetti
Allegretto
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
46
Xaver Scharwenka
Scherzino (no. 10 from Album for the Young, op. 62)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 | Extended Edition
47
Franz Schubert
Valse sentimentale, op. 50 no. 13
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
48
Robert Schumann
Reiterstück (The Horseman) (no. 23 from Album for the Young, op. 68)
Album for the Young, op. 68
Wiener UT50252
49
Tong Shang
Friendship (no. 2 from Seven Little Pieces after Folk Songs from Inner Mongolia)
Chinese Piano Music for Children
Schott ED7652
50
Shankar-Jaikishan, arr. Ravina Misri
Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh (from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai) (Lata Mangeshkar)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
51
Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge, arr. Chris Hussey
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
52
Mark Tanner
Pause for Thought
Jazz Hands book 3
Clifton C158
53
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Süße Träumerei (Sweet Reverie) (no. 21 from Kinderalbum, op. 39)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
54
Kazumi Totaka, arr. Andrew Wrangell
Mii Channel Theme
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
55
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Two-part Invention in E♭
Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3-5
Trinity TCL015389
56
Andrea Vicari
Spanish Polylogarhythms
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 5 (both editions)
57
Pam Wedgwood
Large Wave
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 5 (both editions)
58
James Welburn
Mosey on Down
Musical Escapades
Musica Ferrum 9790708147527
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