Section B in both the AMusTCL and LMusTCL exams tests knowledge of prescribed repertoire.
The prescribed works for 2021-2024 are:
* Please see below regarding permitted annotations to this work.
The prescribed works for 2025-2028 are:
1. Bach: Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830; Henle HN1518
2. Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte, K.588, Act 1 only; Bärenreiter TP314 (NB vocal scores are not suitable)
3. Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, op. 25 (high voice/piano); Bärenreiter BA9117
4. Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 (from page 55 to page 176); Dover DP15499 (this edition only)
5. Tippett: A Child of Our Time; Eulenburg ETP8053 (this edition only) (NB vocal scores are not suitable)
There is no overlap period. Exams taking place in 2025 will only include questions on the prescribed works for 2025-2028.
The prescribed works for 2023–2024 are:
either: i Opera
or: ii Keyboard music
The prescribed works for 2025–2026 are:
either: i Lieder
or: ii Chamber music
There is no overlap period. Exams taking place in 2025 will only include questions on the prescribed works for 2025-2026.
Candidates will need to take an unmarked score of each work prepared for section B into the exam room. If the copy does not have printed bar numbers candidates should insert them in advance as questions will refer to places in the score by this method. Begin numbering afresh at the start of each movement. Bar numbers are the only permitted markings that candidates may have in their scores.
Bar numbers:
Bar numbers should be added using the ‘a’ and ‘b’ convention for first and second time bars. As an example for No. 13 ‘Waltz of the Flowers’:
To check that bar numbering is correct for all movements, the total number of bars for each section is:
The following corrections may be added to the score:
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