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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Malinconia, for cello and piano, op. 20

Jean Sibelius

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). The skill that will carry the work: Vibrato (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Gentle

Chanson D'Automne, for cello and piano

Frederick Delius

62/100 +6 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: Legato d'archet (violoncelle) and Voix chantante — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Cello Sonata no. 1, op. 45

Felix Mendelssohn

60/100 +4 pts 5-10 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: Connaissance des formes and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Sérénade in B minor, for cello and piano, op. 98

Gabriel Fauré

59/100 +3 pts 5-10 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: Legato d'archet (violoncelle) and Voix chantante — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Elegy for Cello and Piano in D flat major, op. 17, "Une pensée à Liszt"

Alexander Glazunov

63/100 +7 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: Legato d'archet (violoncelle) and Vibrato (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Cello Sonata in A minor

Edouard Lalo

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: Legato d'archet (violoncelle) and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Nocturne et Saltarello, for cello and piano

George Enescu

66/100 +10 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: Legato d'archet (violoncelle) and Voix chantante — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Cello Concerto after Cello Sonata, op. 36: I. Allegro agitato

Edvard Grieg

66/100 +10 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Cello Sonata no. 2, op. 58

Felix Mendelssohn

69/100 +13 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: Connaissance des formes and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

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

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +17 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer 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: Connaissance des formes and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

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

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +17 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

Challenge

Cello Concerto in D minor

Edouard Lalo

76/100 +20 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer 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: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Variations in D minor, for cello and piano, op. 54

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

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: Connaissance des formes and Style classique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Cello Sonata in E-flat major, op. 64: V. Menuetto. Moderato

Ludwig van Beethoven

57/100 +1 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: Connaissance des formes and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Cello Sonata no. 1 in C minor, op. 32

Camille Saint-Saëns

58/100 +2 pts 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

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