Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, ABRSM Grade 7

The overall selection of the nine pieces is pretty well, and balances the difficulty from other ABRSM syllabuses, like 2023-24 or 2021-22. The ones from 2025-26 are "pieces of cakes", and pieces like Adagietto pianissimo looks like grade 6. The number of misprints are virtually zero. I'd also like to give the rating of every song in my opinion for how good it is chosen: (5/5 is best, 0/5 is worst)

A list:
A:1 Christmas piece in F: Very good (4/5): good for fingering shifting, dynamics hand coordination and articulation.
A:2 Passecaille: literally Passacaglia. (5/5): this song is so recognised globally and I guess most students or examiners will choose this due to the familiarity, like the c-c-b-c-a-c-g-c-f-c etc melody. Composed by Handel
A:3 Elizabeth Turner Allegro: (2/5): moderate, maybe overly classical or bland. The overall difficulty is very complicated, having a lot of scales and staccatissimo wedges making students playing badly.

B list
B:1 Prelude in D minor: (4/5): Although it LOOKS or SEEMS easy with only two pages, the difficulty part is harder because of the layer controlling and the LHRH coordination.
B:2 Adagio: (4.5/5): By Clara Schumann. Slower, the difficulty is similar to B:1.
B:3 If I told you I loved you Feenstra: (3/5): a bit long, and has 2:3 polyrhythms and maybe as a barrier. Needs practice.

C list
C:1 Smatroll by Grieg: (4/5): good and short, but needs practice for the speed and the RH part.
C:2 Tu presencia by Ruiz (3/5): slightly complex for hand coordination but good for rubato practice.
C:3 Wildcat (4.5/5): Very good for practising dynamics and articulation, very short. But it may be more suitable for those with larger hand sizes.

My favourites include Christmas piece, Passecaille, Prelude and Wildcat.

Some lovely pieces for Garde 7 this syllabus 2027 - 2028.

I’m not really enjoying the offerings in these books. Why are we being told to learn such boring pieces? The cover isn’t even attractive.