Piano Grade 6

Piano Grade 6 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 6 pieces

No.
Composer
Piece
Book
Publisher & Code
1
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Adagio (2nd movt from Sonata in B minor, H132, Wq 62/22)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Invention no. 6 in E, BWV 777
Two Part Inventions
Henle HN591
3
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in D minor, BWV 935
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
4
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Hans-Günter Heumann
Badinerie (from Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
Best of Piano Classics book 2
Schott ED22975
5
Georg Anton Benda
Sonatina in E♭
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
6
Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, arr. Jessica Dannheisser
Love Yourself (Justin Bieber)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
7
William Byrd
Coranto (no. 218 from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
8
François Couperin
Allemande (from L’art de toucher le clavecin)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
9
François Couperin
The Little Windmills
Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 6-8
Trinity TCL015395
10
Louise Farrenc
Impromptu
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
11
Baldassare Galuppi
Adagio (1st movt from Sonata in D, RG 35)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
12
Elisabetta de Gambarini
Cariglion (no. 8 from Lessons and Songs, op. 2)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
13
Tom Gerou
Evening on the River Nile (from Novellas book 2)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
14
Joseph Haydn
Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in D, Hob XVI:4)
Complete Piano Sonatas vol 1
Henle HN1336
15
Joseph Haydn
Finale (3rd movt from Sonata in C, Hob XVI:35)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
16
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
2nd Courante (from Suite in G minor)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
17
Antônio Carlos Jobim, arr. James Treweek
Wave
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
18
Richard Jones
Giga in A minor
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
19
Aram Khachaturian
Ivan Is Very Busy
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
20
Josef Mysliveček
Rondo in A
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
21
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, arr.  Alastair Gavin
Waving through a Window (from Dear Evan Hansen)
Single Edition
22
Antonio Rosetti
Adagio non tanto
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
23
Franz Schubert
Allegretto in C minor, D 915
Late Piano Pieces
Bärenreiter BA9634
24
Alexandra Skevington
Something for the Weekend
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)

 

No.
Composer
Piece
Book
Publisher & Code
25
Béla Bartók
Stamping Dance (from Mikrokosmos, Sz 107, vol 5)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
26
Jean-François Basteau
Au gré des vagues
Instants magiques
Lemoine HL29303
27
Nathalie Béra-Tagrine
Mazurka
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
28
Nathalie Béra-Tagrine
Terminal 2
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
29
Friedrich Burgmüller
The Gondolier’s Song (no. 14 from 18 Characteristic Studies, op. 109)
18 Characteristic Studies, op. 109
Schirmer GS25617
30
Harry Thacker Burleigh
Through Moanin’ Pines (no. 1 from From the Southland)
Four Early 20th Century Piano Suites by Black Composers
Schirmer GS82960
31
Chris Caine
February – Winter’s Glaze
A Year in Twelve Keys – Diatonic Studies for Piano
or Single Edition
Trinity TCL234402
Single: TCL2404002e
32
Chris Caine
July – Dozing on a Hot Summer’s Day
A Year in Twelve Keys – Diatonic Studies for Piano
or Single Edition
Trinity TCL234402
Single: TCL2404007e
33
Alfredo Casella
Galop final (from 11 pezzi infantili)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
34
Jessica Curry 
An Early Harvest (from Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
35
Norman Dello Joio
Prayer of the Matador (no. 2 from Lyric Pieces for the Young)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
36
Ludovico Einaudi
I Giorni
(NB must be this edition, which includes a cut)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
37
Danny Elfman
Victor’s Piano Solo (from Corpse Bride)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
38
Tom Gerou
Northern Lights
The Best of Tom Gerou book 3
Alfred 47359
39
Edvard Grieg
Ensom Vandrer (Solitary Traveller) (no. 2 from Lyric Pieces, op. 43)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
40
Joe Hisaishi, arr. John Human
The Journey to the West (from Princess Mononoke)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
41
Oliver Francis Huang-Hsu
Epilogue (5th movt from Tāwāhi)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
42
Genary Karganov
Arabesque (no. 4 from 12 Arabesques, op. 6)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
43
Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh
Un Recuerdo (from Danzas Cubanas)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
44
Philip Lane
Streets and Avenues
Three Little Bites at the Big Apple
Goodmusic GM130
45
Antony le Fleming
Lullaby for Oscar
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
46
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
47
Roxanna Panufnik
Glo
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
48
Oscar Peterson
Jazz Exercise no. 2 (from Part 3: Jazz Exercises)
Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes & Pieces for Piano
Hal Leonard HL00311225
49
Rachel Portman, arr. Michael Csányi-Wills
Emma: Main Theme
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
50
Robert Ramskill
Weaving a Spell
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
51
Vladimir Rebikov
Con afflizione (no. 3 from Feuilles d’automne, op. 29)
Feuilles d’automne, op. 29
Forberg F01064
52
Max Reger
Versöhnung (Reconciliation) (no. 20 from Aus der Jugendzeit, op. 17)
Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 6-8
Trinity TCL015395
53
Richard Rodgers, arr. Naadia Sheriff 
My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
54
Mari Sainio
Snowfall
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)
55
Manfred Schmitz
Progression I
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
56
Tong Shang
Dance (no. 7 from Seven Little Pieces after Folk Songs from Inner Mongolia)
Chinese Piano Music for Children
Schott ED7652
57
Howard Shore & Fran Walsh, arr. Nicolai Podgornov
In Dreams (from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 | Extended Edition
58
Garry Wilkinson
Jazzin’ Grace (from Piano Portraits)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 6 (both editions)
59
Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter, arr. Jess Bailey
Just the Two of Us (Bill Withers)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 6 (both editions)

 

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