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Exercise 1

• Steve Reich: Drumming: Part III
• Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 in C major, Movement IV

Exercise 2

• Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues: No. 17 in A flat major
• Messiaen: Le Banquet céleste
• Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, 2. Allegro molto

Exercise 3

• Messiaen: Livre du Saint-Sacrament: I
• Steve Reich: Octet

Exercise 4

• Messiaen: Livre du Saint-Sacrament: IX
• Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

Exercise 5

• Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major: 1. Moderato
• Messiaen: Les Corps glorieux
• Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues: No. 1 in C major

Exercise 6

• Steve Reich: City Life 1.: 'Check it Out'
• Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie

Exercise 7

• MacMillan: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: Introit – 'Advent'
• Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, 2. Scherzo

Exercise 8

• Messiaen: Livre d'orgue: 5. 'Piece en Trio'
• Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, 3. Cadenza

Exercise 9

• Messiaen: Livre du Saint-Sacrament: III
• Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 2. Moderato

Exercise 10

• Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecôte
• Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, 1. Nocturne

Exercise 11

• Shostakovich: The Golden Age: 2. Adagio
• Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians: Section VI

Exercise 12

• Messiaen: Le Chocard des Alpes
• Shostakovich: The Golden Age: 4. Dance

Exercise 13

• Messiaen: Le Verbe
• MacMillan: Ballad

Exercise 14

• Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Prelude No. 20 in C minor
• Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur: 3. 'Dessins eternels'

Exercise 15

• MacMillan: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: 'Sequence II'
• Steve Reich: Nagoya Marimbas

Exercise 16

• MacMillan: 3 Soutar Settings: 'The Children'

Exercise 17

• Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Prelude No. 22 in G minor
• Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

Exercise 18

• Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps: IV. 'Intermède'
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 3. Adagio

Exercise 19

• MacMillan: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: 'Transition'
• Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps: VIII. 'Louange a l'immortalité de Jésus'

Exercise 20

• Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Prelude No. 4 in E minor
• MacMillan: Scots Song