This question was popular among the candidates and most of these candidates performed fairly well. However, a few candidates performed poorly in the question due to inadequate preparation. Candidates should have responded thus:
(a) George Frederick Handel
(i) German
(ii) Oratorios, Operas, Cantatas, Organ works, Suites, Anthems, etc.
(iii) Messiah, Water Music, Fireworks, Semele
(iv) Baroque or 1600 – 1750
(b) Johannes Brahms
(i) German
(ii) Symphonies, Sonatas, Song cycles, Piano solos,Concertos
(iii) Symphony no. 1 in C minor Op. 68, German Requiem, Emperor Quartet,
Altron Rhapsody
(iv) Romantic or 1820 – 1900
(c) J. S. Bach
(i) German
(ii) Chorales, Concertos, Passion; Prelude and Fuges, Tocattos; Suites, Oratorios
(iii) Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, The 48, Brandenburg Concerto, St John’s Passion,
Christmas Oratorio
(iv) Baroque or 1600 – 1750
(d) Henry Purcell
(i) English
(ii) Operas, Chamber music, Anthems, Overture.
(iii) Dido and Aeneas, The Fairy-Queen, King Arthur, The Bell Anthem
(iv) Baroque or 1600 – 1750
(e) Felix Mendelssohn
(i) German
(ii) Organ; Symphonies, Concertos,Song Cycles, Oratorios
(iii) 3 preludes and fugues Op. 37, Violin concerto, Hear My Prayer,Songs without
words, O Rest in the Lord, I waited for the Lord,A Mid Summer Night Dream,
Elijah
(iv) Romantic or 1820 – 1900
