Piano Grade 2

Piano Grade 2 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.

Grade 2 pieces

No.
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)
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
4
Mark Choi
Learning to Ride
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions)
5
Hedwige Chrétien
Petit nuage (no. 3 from 6 petits préludes récréatifs)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions)
6
Sam Cleaver
Persian Holiday
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
7
Ben Crosland
Bendin' the Rules
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions)
8
Ben Crosland
Railroad Blues 
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
9
Christine Donkin
The Penguin Parade
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions)
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)
11
Johann Joseph Fux, arr. Elizabeth Haas
Almost a Canon
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
12
Dominic Glynn
The Sheltering Sky (from Eye of the Storm)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions)
13
Alexander Goedicke
Die Nacht im Walde (Night in the Woods) (no. 32 from 60 Leichte Klavierstücke, op. 36)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
14
Chris Gumbley
‘Nuff Said
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions)
15
Cornelius Gurlitt
Melodic Study (no. 4 from 16 Melodische Etüden, op. 198)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
16
Johann Hässler
Menuet
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions)
17
Johann Hässler, ed. Pauline Hall
Allegro in C
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions)
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)
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)
23
Koji Kondo, arr. Chris Hussey
The Legend of Zelda: Main Theme
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions)
24
Felicitas Kukuck
The Rowboat
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
25
Félix le Couppey
Arabian Air
Piano Piccolo
Schott ED22601
26
Georg Simon Löhlein, arr. Elizabeth Haas
Balletto
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
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)
29
Samuel Maykapar
Tale (no. 2 from Petits contes-berceuses, op. 24)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
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 from 2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
32
Vera Mohrs
Poor Mouse
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
33
Ray Moore
The Ballerina
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
34
Christian Gottlob Neefe, arr. Fanny Waterman & Marion Harewood
Canzonet 
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions)
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)
37
Stanisław Prószyński
The Marionettes (duet)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
38
Henry Purcell
Hornpipe in E minor, Z 685
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
39
Robert Ramskill
It's a Walk in the Park
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions)
40
Mongo Santamaría, arr. Gareth Williams
Afro Blue
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions)
41
Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes, arr. Gillian Walshaw
Writing's on the Wall (from Spectre) (Sam Smith)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
42
John Stephens & Tobias Gad, arr. Chris Hussey
All of Me (John Legend)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (both editions)
43
Waris Sukontapatipark
Floating Balloons
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions)
44
Adrian Sutton
The Broken Clock
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
45
Maria Szymanowska
Mazurka
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 (both editions)
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)
48
Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia in G minor
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
49
Georg Philipp Telemann
Minuet (from Tanzfolge I)
Piano Progress book 1
Faber 057150860X
50
Georg Philipp Telemann
Rigaudon
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 2 | Extended Edition
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)
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)
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