RCM Level 9 Piano Repertoire Guide
Published by Taras (Terry) Babyuk
Introduction
Planning to take your RCM Level 9 Practical Piano Exam? You're in the right place! In this post, you will learn how the Repertoire section is graded, view the full list of pieces to choose from, and pick up a few helpful tips to get you ready for this portion of the exam.
Source: RCM Celebration Series books, 2022 Edition (latest edition)
How Level 9 Piano Repertoire Is Graded
At this level, students must perform four Repertoire pieces - one from each list: A, B, C and D. One mark will be deducted for each piece that is not performed from memory. Up to 56 out of 100 total marks can be earned for the Repertoire section, making it the most heavily weighted component of the Level 9 Practical Piano Exam.
Level 9 Piano Repertoire Pieces
Sixth Edition (2022)
List A: Baroque Repertoire
| PIECE | COMPOSER | PAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Fugue in C Major, BWV 952 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 4 |
| Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 6 |
| Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 8 |
| L'Egyptienne | Jean-Philippe Rameau | 10 |
| Suite in B flat Major, HWV 434 - Aria con variazioni | George Frideric Handel | 14 |
| Sonata in E Major, K 380 | Domenico Scarlatti | 18 |
| Sonata in C Major, K 132 | Domenico Scarlatti | 22 |
| Sonata in D Minor | Antonio Soler | 26 |
List B: Classical Repertoire
| PIECE | COMPOSER | PAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI: 23 (complete) | Franz Joseph Haydn | 30 |
| Sonata in C Major, K 330 - 1st Movement, 2nd Movement | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 44 |
| Sonata in F Minor, WoO 47, no. 2 - 1st Movement | Ludwig van Beethoven | 52 |
| Six Variations on 'Nel cor piu non mi sento', WoO 70 | Ludwig van Beethoven | 56 |
List C: Romantic Repertoire
| PIECE | COMPOSER | PAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 9, no. 2 | Frederic Chopin | 62 |
| October (Autumn Song), op. 37b, no. 10 | Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky | 66 |
| Song without Words, op. 85, no. 4 | Felix Mendelssohn | 70 |
| Humoreske | Max Reger | 72 |
| Moment musical, op. 94, D 780, no. 6 | Franz Schubert | 75 |
| Grillen, op. 12, no. 4 | Robert Schumann | 78 |
| Notturno, op. 6, no. 2 | Clara Schumann | 82 |
| Intermezzo, op. 116, no. 2 | Johannes Brahms | 86 |
| Consolation No. 2 | Franz Liszt | 89 |
| Tarentelle, op. 77, no. 6 | Moritz Moszkowski | 92 |
| Cancion de mayo, op. 1, no. 3 | Enrique Granados | 98 |
List D: Post-Romantic, 20th, and 21st Century Repertoire
| PIECE | COMPOSER | PAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Valse romantique | Claude Debussy | 101 |
| Reverie in F Minor | Dennis Alexander | 106 |
| Three Hungarian Folk Songs from Csik | Bela Bartok | 109 |
| Six Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 51, no. 5 | Dmitri Kabalevsky | 112 |
| The Lake at Evening, op. 5, no. 1 | Charles T. Griffes | 116 |
| The Cat and Mouse Tango | Gary K. Thomas | 118 |
| Intermezzo No. 1 | Manuel Ponce | 122 |
| The Easy Winners | Scott Joplin | 124 |
| A Moonlit Night on the Spring River | Chinese folk song, arr. E. H. Jiang | 128 |
| Buenos dias | Sarah Konecsni | 130 |
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