Encore is the official collection of best-loved ABRSM Piano exam pieces from Grades 1 to 8.

Book 4 features popular pieces set on ABRSM Grades 7 and 8. Have fun exploring modern favourites and timeless classics, like Willie Wagglestick’s Walkabout or a Beethoven Allegro. Plus, we’ve included background information and new ideas for exploring the music!

Songlist:

For Johnny Mehegan, No.2 from Four Anniversaries [Leonard Bernstein]

Willie Wagglestick's Walkabout, No. 4 from Jazzy Piano 2 [Brian Bonsor]

Berceuse [Frank Bridge]

Kleines Klavierstück No. 1, from Vier klieine Klavierstucke (Four Short Piano pieces), S. 192 [Franz Liszt]

Giga in G minor, from ‘6 Suits or Lessons for the harpsichord or spinnet’ [Jean Baptiste Loeillet]

Menuetto and Trio Third movement from Sonata in E flat, D.568 [Franz Schubert]

Sonata in D, Kp. 535, L. 262 [Domenico Scarlatti]

Prelude in G, BWV 860/1: No. 15 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1 [Johann Sebastian Bach / Nikki Iles]

Nocturne in B, Op. 32 No. 1 [Frederik Chopin]

Allegro, First movement from Sonata in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1 [Ludwig van Beethoven]

Piano Blues No. 3 [Aaron Copland]

Prélude: first movement from Suite bergamasque [Claude Debussy]

Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C (from 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87) [Dmitri Shostakovich / Johnny Mercer]

Sonata in F, K. 332 [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]