Catherine Bracegirdle August 28, 2022 Grade 3 Menuet in G BWV 116 Anon. Grade 3 ABRSM 2023 - 2024 Catherine Bracegirdle August 28, 2022 Grade 3 A poised and energetic piece that requires confident and thoughtful playing.
Catherine Bracegirdle July 29, 2022 Grade 1 Aria in F BWV Anh, II 131, from The Anna Magdalena Bach Book of 1725 Grade 1 ABRSM Catherine Bracegirdle July 29, 2022 Grade 1 A bold and dramatic piece containing fast mercurial changes which has no difficulty in maintaining the listener’s attention.
Catherine Bracegirdle April 6, 2022 Grade 3 Minuet in G minor BWV 842 from the Little Clavier Book for W. F. Bach Catherine Bracegirdle April 6, 2022 Grade 3 An exquisite and heart-wrenching piece with its constant changes of character and dynamics along with part-playing in the LH.
Catherine Bracegirdle February 22, 2022 Grade 2 Menuet in D minor attrib. to J. S. Bach Grade 2 ABRSM Catherine Bracegirdle February 22, 2022 Grade 2 A beautifully restrained meneut from the Anna Magdalena Notebook that is full of conflicting emotions.
Catherine Bracegirdle February 8, 2022 Grade 1 Air in A minor W. F. Bach Grade 1 ABRSM 2019 - 2020 Catherine Bracegirdle February 8, 2022 Grade 1 An elegant piece, reminiscent of a minuet, with beautiful melodic connecting patterns that connect one phrase to the next.
Catherine Bracegirdle January 13, 2022 Grade 4 Sarabande from Suite in E minor Buxtehude Grade 4 ABRSM 2021 - 2022 Catherine Bracegirdle January 13, 2022 Grade 4 A serenely beautiful piece containing a melancholic character, poise and melodies which are haunting and elegiac.
Catherine Bracegirdle July 20, 2021 Grade 1 Grade 1 ABRSM Baroque Examination pieces Catherine Bracegirdle July 20, 2021 Grade 1 A list of some of the Baroque pieces that have been used in the ABRSM Grade 1 examination syllabus.
Catherine Bracegirdle September 19, 2020 Grade 2 Minuet in G BWV Anh. 114 from the Anna Magdalena Bach Book Catherine Bracegirdle September 19, 2020 Grade 2 This is a piece that is included in the 1725 notebook and until 1970, it was attributed to Johann Sebastien Bach however it is now thought to have been written by Christian Petzold.
