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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Romanze, for cello and orchestra, op. 35

Edward MacDowell

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). The skill that will carry the work: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Nocturne for Cello and Orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

60/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

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

Gabriel Fauré

59/100 +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: 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

Romance in F major, for cello and piano

Richard Strauss

59/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk fair confidence

Gentle

Romance for Cello and Piano, RTviii/5

Frederick Delius

58/100 +3 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Nocturne et Saltarello, for cello and piano

George Enescu

66/100 +11 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 Concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 8

Victor Herbert

65/100 +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). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Tempo rubato — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Ballade and serenade, for cello and piano, op. 3

Josef Suk

68/100 +13 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: Octaves and Vibrato (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Don Quixote: Fantastic Variations for Cello and Orchestra, op. 35, TrV184

Richard Strauss

63/100 +8 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Indépendance des mains — 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. 4 in C major, op. 102, no. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +18 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 Vibrato (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

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

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +18 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

Challenge

Cello Sonata no. 1 in E minor, op. 38

Johannes Brahms

70/100 +15 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Vibrato (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Romance lyrique, for cello and piano

Zoltán Kodály

53/100 -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: Legato d'archet (violoncelle) and Vibrato (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

Albumblätter, for cello and piano, op. 51

Reinhold Glière

53/100 -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

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

Camille Saint-Saëns

58/100 +3 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 Vibrato (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

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