ARSM PIANO DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IDEAS

Choosing a balanced programme while fulfilling the requirements of the ARSM diploma can be tricky. Therefore, I would like to show you some sample programmes here! :) Feel free to ask me questions if you are not sure whether your programme works. :) 

Sample 1: 

1. Scarlatti: Two Sonatas in G, Kp.259 and Kp.260; 

2. Chopin: Nocturne in E, Op.62 no.2; 

3. Beethoven: Sonata in C minor (‘Pathétique’), Op.13 (complete) 

Overall Programme Length: 29 minutes

Sample 2:

1. Bach: Toccata no.5 in E minor, BWV 914: complete; 

2. Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca: no.6 from ‘Années de Pèlerinage, 2ème Année, Italie’; 

3. Haydn: Sonata in E flat, Hob.XVI/49: complete 

Overall Programme Length: 30 minutes 

Sample 3: 

1. Bach: Prelude and Fugue no.11 in F, BWV 880; 

2. Debussy: Prélude no.10, ‘La Cathédrale engloutie’; 

3. Mozart: Sonata in D, K.311: complete; 

4. Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor, Op.79 no.2 

Overall Programme Length: 31 minutes  

Sample 4: 

1. Bach: Prelude and Fugue no.5 in D, BWV 874 

2. Brahms: Intermezzo in A, Op.118 no.2 

3. Schubert: Sonata in A minor, Op.164, D.537: complete

4. Bartók: Any two or more of the ‘6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm’, from ‘Mikrokosmos’, Vol.6

Overall Programme Length: 31 minutes 

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