Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the Trinity College Exam Syllabus:

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios – Grades 6 to 8
Trinity Sight Reading
After 30 seconds’ preparation time, candidates perform a previously unseen musical extract at approximately two grades lower than the exam being taken.

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 6 to 8

Organ Pieces for Grade 8

Group A
Alain, Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin, L’oeuvre d’orgue vol. 2 (Leduc) AL20102
J S Bach, Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649, Organ Works vol. 1 (Bärenreiter) BA5171
J S Bach, Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 617, Organ Works vol. 1 (Bärenreiter) BA5171
J S Bach, Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657, Organ Works vol. 2 (Bärenreiter) BA5172
J S Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545, Organ Works vol. 2 (Peters) EP241
J S Bach, Prelude or Fugue in G major, BWV 541, Organ Works vol. 5 (Bärenreiter) BA5175
J S Bach, Vivace (1st movt from Trio Sonata no. 6 in G major, BWV 530), Organ Works vol. 7 (Bärenreiter) BA5177
Beethoven, Adagio in F major for Mechanical Organ, Selected Works for Organ (Hinrichsen) H1438
Buxtehude, Toccata in F major, BuxWV 157 (complete), Complete Organ Works vol. 2 (Bärenreiter) BA8222
Hurford, Dialogue no. 2, Two Dialogues (Novello) NOV570032
Kellner, Jesu, meine Freude, Organ Music around J S Bach vol. 2 (Breitkopf) EB 8685
Mendelssohn, Allegro maestoso (3rd movt from Sonata no. 5 in D major, op. 65 no. 5), Complete Organ Works vol. 2 (Bärenreiter) BA8197
Peeters, Herr Jesus hat ein Gärtchen, no. 10, 10 Organ Chorales, op. 39, (Schott) ED2553

Group B
Anderson, Sleigh Ride (arr. Trotter) (Banks) 14038
Boëllmann, Toccata, Suite gothique (UMP) M224400977
Dubois, Fiat lux, 12 Pieces for Organ (Kalmus) K03456
Dupré, Placare Christe servulis, no. 16, Le Tombeau de Titelouze, op. 38, (Leduc) AL27836
Gardonyi, Mozart Changes (Möseler) MOS19498
Gigout, Toccata in B minor (Leduc) AL21738
Howells, Psalm Prelude no. 3, Three Psalm Preludes, op. 32 set 1, (Novello) NOV590353
Ireland, Meditation on John Keble’s Rogationtide Hymn, Organ Music of John Ireland (Novello) NOV010183
Jongen, Scherzetto, op. 108 no. 1, A Jongen Organ Album (OUP) 9780193754942
Karg-Elert, Valse mignonne, 3 Pieces, op. 142, (Breitkopf) EB8584
Karg-Elert, Legend, no. 1, Triptych, op. 141, (Novello) NOV950170
Krzanowski, Relief III (PWM) 9929
Mathias, Toccata giocosa, op. 36 no. 2, A Mathias Organ Album (OUP) 9780193755505
Messiaen, Le banquet céleste (Leduc) AL22893
Messiaen, Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père, L’Ascension (Leduc) AL18826
Mulet, Tu es petra, Esquisses byzantines (Leduc) AL16202
Mushel, Toccata (OUP) 9780193756014 archive
Popplewell, Triumphal March (Banks) 13983
Whitlock, Divertimento (from 4 Extemporizations), The Complete Shorter Organ Music (OUP) 9780193759084

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