Music
Designated works lists
2013–2015
Compulsory areas of study:
Western Art Music
Two areas of study (genres) must be studied in Stage 2 and two areas of study (genres) must be studied in
Stage 3. Symphony is the compulsory area of study for Stage 2 and Concerto is the compulsory area of
study for Stage 3. One of the areas of study (genre) completed in Stage 2 may be repeated in Stage 3.
Four designated works are required for Stage 2 and Stage 3 examinations; each area of study (genre) has
been assigned two designated works.
Jazz
Two areas of study (eras) must be studied in Stage 2 and two areas of study (eras) must be studied in
Stage 3. Big Band/Swing is the compulsory area of study for Stage 2 and Be-Bop is the compulsory area
of study for Stage 3. One of the areas of study (era) completed in Stage 2 may be repeated in Stage 3.
Eight designated works are required for Stage 2 and Stage 3 examinations; each area of study (era) has
been assigned four designated works.
Contemporary Music
Two areas of study (styles) must be studied in Stage 2 and two areas of study (styles) must be studied in
Stage 3. Rock is the compulsory area of study for Stage 2 and Pop is the compulsory area of study for
Stage 3. One of the areas of study (style) completed in Stage 2 may be repeated in Stage 3.
Eight designated works are required for Stage 2 and Stage 3 examinations; each area of study (style) has
been assigned four designated works.
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Music: Designated works lists
Western Art Music
Designated works
Chamber music
Stage 2
Mozart, W.A.
Sculthorpe, P
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K 581. 1st and 4th movements
String Quartet No 8. 1st movement: Con dolore, 2nd movement: Risoloto,
4th movement: Con precisione
Stage 3
Beethoven, L.
Crumb, G
Septet in Eb Major, Op.20. 1st and 3rd movements
Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) for electric string quartet,
1st movement (Depature): 4-Devil-Music, 5-Danse Macabre, 2nd movement (Absence):
1- Pavana Lachrymae, 3rd movement (Return): 1-God-Music
Choral
Stage 2
Handel, G.F
Grandage, I.
Oratorio, Messiah No.1. Soprano recitatives: No.14a. There were shepherds abiding in
the field; No.14b And, Lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, No.15 And the angel
said unto them, No. 16. And suddenly there was with the angel; Aria, No.3. Every Valley;
Chorus, No. 44. Hallelujah
Wheatbelt for SSAATBB choir and handheld percussion
Stage 3
Bach, J.S
Orff, C.
Cantata BWV 140, Wachet Auf (Sleepers Wake) No.1, Chorus; Wachet auf, ruft uns die
Stimme, No.2, Recitative: Er kommt No. 4, Chorale/Chorale prelude Zion hört die
Wächter singen No. 6, Aria (duet): Mein Freund ist mein! No.7, Chorale: Gloria sei dir
gesungen
Carmina Burana No. 1, O Fortuna (chorus), No.14, In taberna quando sumus (male
chorus), No.15 Amor volat undique (soprano solo and boys choir) No. 16 Dies, nox et
omnia (Baritone solo), No.25, O Fortuna (chorus)
Concerto
Stage 2
Mozart, W.A
Mendelssohn, F
Horn Concerto in E flat Major No. 3, K447, 1st movement
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64, 1st movement
Stage 3
(Compulsory area)
Bach, J. S
Rachmaninoff, S
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F Major (BWV 1047) 1st and 2nd movements
Piano concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, 1st movement
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Opera
Stage 2
Monteverdi, C
Bizet, G
L’Orfeo, Act 1: lo non diro qual sia neltuo gioir (Eurydice), Lasciate i monti (coro di
ninfi e pastori) Act 2: Ahi, caso acerbo (La messaggera, Pastore primo, secondo e
terza, Orfeo)
Tu se’morta (Orfeo)
Carmen, Act 1: No.5 Habanera - L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen), Act 2 :
No. 14 Torreador’s Song – Votre toast (Escamillo, chorus) No. 17 Flower Song - La
fleur que tu m'avais jetée (José and Carmen)
Stage 3
Mozart, W.A
Adams, J.
Don Giovanni (K527) Act 1, Scene 5: Catalogue Aria (Leporello), Act 1, Scene 6:
La ci darem di mano, Act 2, Finale: A cenar teco m’invitasti (Commendatore, Don
Giovanni, chorus)
Nixon in China Act 1: News Has a Kind of Mystery (Nixon, Chou, Kissinger), Act Two:
This is Prophetic (Pat) and I am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung (Chiang Ch’ing and chorus)
Solo works (instrumental/vocal)
Stage 2
Schubert, F
Bach J.S
Erlkönig, D.328 (Op.1) and Die Forelle (The Trout) - D550
Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 from The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Stage 3
Vaughan-Williams, R.
Songs of Travel, No. 1 The Vagabond and No. 4 Youth and Love
Debussy, C
Piano Préludes – Book 1: No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie
Symphony
Stage 2
(Compulsory area)
Haydn, F.J
Prokofiev, S
Symphony No. 88 in G Major, 1st and 3rd movements
Symphony No.1 in D Major (Op 25) (Classical Symphony) 1st and 3rd movements
Stage 3
Mozart, W.A
Vine, C
4
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, 1st and 3rd movements
Symphony No. 5 for 4 percussionists and orchestra (Percussion symphony), 1st and 3rd
(Tarantella) movements
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Jazz
Designated works
Be Bop
Stage 2
Parker, Charlie
Monk, Thelonius
Powell, Bud
Gillespie, Dizzy
Ornithology (Omnibook)
In Walked bud
Tempus fugit - transcription
Night in Tunisia
Stage 3
(Compulsory area)
Parker, Charlie
Monk, Thelonious
Parker, Charlie/Gillespie, Dizzy
Fitzgerald, Ella
Blues for Alice (Omnibook)
Round Midnight
Anthropology (Omnibook)
How high the moon
Big Band/Swing
Stage 2
(Compulsory area)
Ellington, Duke
Herman, Woody
Basie, Count
Jones, Thad
Take the A–Train
Four Brothers
One O’Clock Jump
Three and One
Stage 3
Basie, Count
Brookmeyer, Bob
Ellington, Duke
Mintzer, Bob
Hay Burner
Hello and Goodbye
Mood Indigo
Art of the Big Band
Early Jazz/Blues
Stage 2
Armstrong, Louis Hot5/Hot7
Handy, W. C
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Smith, Bessie
West End Blues
St Louis Blues
Dixie Jazz Band One Step
Lost Your Head Blues
Stage 3
Joplin, Scott
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers
Armstrong, Louis
Maple Leaf Rag
Livery Stable Blues
Black Bottom Stomp
Struttin’ with some barbecue
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Hard Bop/Cool School
Stage 2
So What
Cantaloupe Island
Take Five
Work Song - transcription
Davis, Miles
Hancock, Herbie
Brubeck, Dave
Adderley, Cannonball
Stage 3
Moanin’
Blue Rondo à la Turk
Subconscious-Lee
Maiden Voyage
Blakey, Art and the Jazz Messengers
Brubeck, Dave
Konitz, Lee
Hancock, Herbie
Post Bop/Contemporary trends
Stage 2
Weather Report
Corea, Chick
Coleman, Ornette
Pat Metheny Group
Birdland
Spain
Ramblin’
April Wind
Stage 3
Scofield, John
The Brecker Brothers
Yellowjackets
Metheny, Pat
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Do Like Eddie
Some Skunk Funk
Rush Hour
Minuano
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Contemporary Music
Designated works
African-American
Stage 2
Ross, Diana and The Supremes
Franklin, Aretha
Brown, James
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Baby Love
Respect
I Feel Good
The Message
Stage 3
Wonder, Stevie
Gaye, Marvin
Funkadelic
Tupac
Livin’ for the City
What’s Going On
One Nation Under the Groove
Changes
Country
Stage 2
Cash, Johnny
Chambers, Casey
Young, Neil
Brand, Adam
Folsom Prison Blues
Not Pretty Enough
Comes a Time
Last Man Standing
Stage 3
The Dixie Chicks
Eagles
Williamson, John
Lynn, Loretta
Travelin’ Soldier
New Kid in Town
Raining on the Rock
Coalminer’s Daughter
Electronica
Stage 2
Eurythmics
Daft Punk
Pendulum
Kraftwerk
Sweet Dreams
Technologic
Propane Nightmares
The Robots
Stage 3
New Order
Cybertron
Pink Floyd
Orbit, William
Blue Monday
Techno City
On The Run
Adagio for Strings
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Folk
Stage 2
Guthrie, Woody
Roach Archie
Dylan, Bob
Cohen, Leonard
This Land is Your Land
Took the Children Away
Blowin’ in the Wind
Hallelujah
Stage 3
The Waifs
Redgum
Simon & Garfunkel
McLean, Don
Bridal Train
I Was Only Nineteen
Scarborough Fair/Canticle
American Pie
Pop
Stage 2
The Beatles
ABBA
Minogue, Kylie
Madonna
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Dancing Queen
Spinning Around
Material Girl
Stage 3
(Compulsory area)
Jackson, Michael
The Beach Boys
Queen
Lady Gaga
Billie Jean
Good Vibrations
Bohemian Rhapsody
Born This Way
Rock
Stage 2
(Compulsory area)
Presley, Elvis
The Rolling Stones
ACDC
Nirvana
Hound Dog
Satisfaction
Highway to Hell
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Stage 3
Hendrix, Jimi
Pink Floyd
The Saints
Metallica
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Purple Haze
Money
I’m Stranded
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