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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Märchen, for cello and piano, KiV 123

Ferruccio Busoni

60/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer 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 Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Malinconia, for cello and piano, op. 20

Jean Sibelius

60/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer 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

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

Ludwig van Beethoven

61/100 +6 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (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.

Gentle

Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major, op. 123

Camille Saint-Saëns

61/100 +6 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Cello Sonata no. 2 in D major, op. 58: II. Allegretto scherzando

Felix Mendelssohn

61/100 +6 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

4 Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 70

Max Bruch

67/100 +12 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 Vibrato (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Polonaise in A major, for cello and piano, B.94

Antonín Dvořák

67/100 +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: Octaves and Rythmes pointés — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Polonaise, for cello and piano in A major, B.94

Antonín Dvořák

67/100 +12 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

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

Gabriel Fauré

64/100 +9 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 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. 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 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. 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 Legato d'archet (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

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

Ernest Chausson

56/100 +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: Voix chantante and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

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. The skill that will carry the work: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

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

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