Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists

Written Paper II, Question 1: Aural Perception (from 2001)

Extracts for this question have been taken from recordings of the following
works:

Specimen Paper

C.P.E. Bach (1714-88), first movement (Allegro di molto) from Symphony in D

(1775) Wq 183/1 [or H663], bars 1- 135

Summer 2001

W.A. Mozart (1756-91), Aria: ‘Marten aller Arten’ from Die Entführung aus dem
Serail, bars 1-149

Winter 2002

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), first movement (Allegro ma non troppo) from String
Quartet No. 13 in A minor, bars 1-110

Summer 2002

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), second movement (Andante con moto) from

Symphony No. 8 (‘Unfinished’), bars 1-113

Winter 2003

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967), Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 23, figure 16 to nine bars
after figure 21

Summer 2003

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), second movement (complete) from Sextet

Winter 2004

Henry Purcell (1659-95), Symphony (complete) from Welcome to all the Pleasures
Z339
Summer 2004

Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-75), third movement (complete) from Piano Trio, Op.
44

Winter 2005

Alexander Borodin (1833-87), third movement from Symphony No. 2, bars 87-end

Summer 2005

Carlo Gesualdo (c. 1561-1613), ‘Jerusalem, surge’ (Responsory II) from Sabbato
Sancto Responsory

Winter 2006

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Rigaudon (complete) from Le tombeau de Couperin

(orchestral version)

Summer 2006

Robert Schumann (1810-56), Andantino from Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 22, bars 1-
41

Winter 2007

Benjamin Britten (1913-76), Prologue and Pastoral from Serenade for Tenor, Horn
and Strings, Op. 31

Summer 2007

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Pavane (complete) from Suite française d’après

Claude Gervaise

Winter 2008

Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach (1714-88), first movement (opening 1’ 30’’) from
Symphony in G major Wq 183/4
Summer 2008

Franz Liszt (1811-86), first movement from Piano Concerto No. 2, bars 1-46

Winter 2009

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Passacaglia (third movement) from Nobilissima

Visione, bars 1-31

Summer 2009

Anton Bruckner (1824-96), ‘Te ergo quaesumus’ (complete) from Te Deum

Winter 2010

Max Reger (1873–1916), Theme and Variation 1 from Variations and Fugue on a
Theme of Beethoven, Op. 86

Summer 2010

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Allegro moderato (first movement) from Symphony

No. 3, Op. 52, bars 1–85

Winter 2011

Michael Tippett (1905–98), ‘Is evil then good?’ (chorus–contralto solo–chorus)

from A Child of Our Time

Summer 2011

W. A. Mozart (1756–91), Allegro (first movement) from String Quartet in D minor

K421, bars 1–41 (Exposition complete)

Winter 2012

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47), Elijah, Part I, from Recit: ‘Call him louder’ (No. 12)
to Air: ‘Lord God of Abraham’ (instrumental introduction only) (No. 14)

Summer 2012
Claude Debussy (1862–1918), Animé et très décidé (first movement) from the
String Quartet, Op. 10, bars 1–80

Winter 2013

G. F. Handel (1685–1759), ‘A tempo giusto’ (first movement, complete) and

‘Allegro’ (second movement, complete) from Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6
No. 1

Summer 2013

Franz Schubert (1797–1828), ‘Andante con moto’ (second movement) from

Symphony No. 5 (D 485), bars 1–38

Winter 2014

Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–59), Recitative: ‘Gethsemane! Gethsemane!’

(complete) and Aria: ‘Du Held, auf den die Köcher’ (opening ritornello and first
vocal section only) from Der Tod Jesu

Summer 2014

W. A. Mozart (1756–91), ‘Andante’ (second movement) from Symphony No. 25

in G minor (K 183), bars 1–45 (recording included first part repeat)

Winter 2015

Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Minuetto (Allegretto) [including repeats and

without Trio] from String Quartet No. 13 in A minor D804

Summer 2015

C. Hubert H. Parry (1848–1918), There rolls the deep (unaccompanied part-song for
SATB, words by Tennyson) [recording used: Parry/Songs of Farewell, etc., The
Rodolfus Choir/Allwood, Herald HAVPCD 217]

Winter 2016

Hector Berlioz (1803–69), Adagio section (start to the marking ‘Allegro agitato’,
58 bars) from the Scene d’amour (Part III) of Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
Summer 2016

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Andante from Symphony No. 95, bars 1–44 (with all
repeats)

Winter 2017

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Adagio molto and Allegro con brio
(movement 1) from Symphony No. 1, bars 1–77

Summer 2017

Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713), Largo/Allegro (4/4) – Largo (3/4) – Allegro (3/4)

(movement 1) from Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 1, in D major

Winter 2018

William Walton (1902–83), ‘By the waters of Babylon …’ to ‘… be found no more’

[OUP vocal score: figure 10 to twelve after figure 14], from Belshazzar’s Feast

Summer 2018

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Larghetto (movement 2) from Symphony

No. 2, bars 1–62

Winter 2019

Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Die Liebe hat gelogen, Op. 23 No. 1 (D 751),
complete (setting for low voice in A minor)

Summer 2019

C. Hubert H. Parry (1848–1918), Never weather-beaten sail (Songs of Farewell),

complete

Winter 2020

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Adagio (Cantabile) (movement 2) from String

Quartet in A major, Op. 20 No. 6
Summer 2020

No papers were set.

Winter 2021

Johann Philipp Krieger (1649–1725), O Jesu, du mein Leben, last three sections set
(from ‘Drumb, wenn ich dich nur habe’ to the end)