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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Cello Sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 5 no. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven

61/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Gentle

Cello Sonata no. 1 in F major, op. 5 no. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven

60/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Gentle

Variations on a string, for cello and piano

Niccolò Paganini

60/100 +4 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Changements de position (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Gentle

Cello Sonata no. 1, op. 45

Felix Mendelssohn

60/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Kultaselle, 10 Variations for Cello and Piano on a Finnish Folksong, KiV 237

Ferruccio Busoni

62/100 +6 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Theme and Variations in D minor, for solo cello, JS 196

Jean Sibelius

67/100 +11 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Position du pouce and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Cello Sonata in E-flat major, op. 64: VI. Finale. Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven

68/100 +12 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Balanced

Cello Sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 117

Gabriel Fauré

64/100 +9 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Balanced

Cello Sonata no. 2, op. 58

Felix Mendelssohn

69/100 +13 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Cello Sonata no. 3 in A major, op. 69

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +18 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Challenge

Cello Sonata no. 4 in C major, op. 102, no. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +18 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

Challenge

Variations on a Rococo Theme, for cello and orchestra in A major, op. 33

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

75/100 +20 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Ornements romantiques and Connaissance des formes — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Pièce in C major, for cello and piano, op. 39

Ernest Chausson

56/100 same level 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Voix chantante and Vibrato (violoncelle) — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

Cello Sonata in A major, op. 104

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

54/100 -2 pts 4-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Same level

2 Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff

57/100 +2 pts 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Progressions computed from difficulty, skill overlap and style between works. A What do we play next? recommendation should remain a pedagogical starting point, not an automatic prescription.