Que jouer après Dolly, suite op. 56 : Kitty-valse ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Valse-Fantaisie in B minor, for 2 pianos, G.vi193

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

50/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 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.

Gentle

Impromptu and Galop on the barcarolle from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in B flat major, for piano, 4 hands, G.v9

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

50/100 +4 pts 5-10 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: Balance mains and Passages rapides — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Gentle

Introduction and Rondo in E flat major, for 2 pianos, op. posth.5

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

50/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Grandes Marches for 2 Pianos, op. 45

Ludwig van Beethoven

50/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Dolly Suite, op. 56

Gabriel Fauré

55/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk fair confidence

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced

Lincolnshire Posy, folk song suite for 2 pianos

Percy Grainger

55/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style moderne et contemporain and Indépendance des mains — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced

Lindaraja, for 2 pianos, L.97

Claude Debussy

60/100 +14 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style impressionniste — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced

Stimmungsbilder, for 2 pianos, op. 9, TrV127

Richard Strauss

60/100 +14 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is quality of attack and evenness of tone, not speed.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Suite for 2 pianos

Aram Khachaturian

65/100 +19 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer high 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: Style moderne et contemporain and Indépendance des mains — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Challenge

Dance Suite, for 2 pianos

Ned Rorem

65/100 +19 pts 24-48 weeks

close skills high 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: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus and Style baroque — practise it slowly and hands separately before any attempt at tempo: that is where tension builds up.

Challenge

Suite for 2 Pianos in F sharp minor, op. 6

Dmitri Shostakovich

66/100 +20 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Bridal Suite, for 2 pianos

Leonard Bernstein

45/100 -1 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Style moderne et contemporain and Indépendance des mains — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

3 Valses romantiques, for 2 pianos or orchestra

Emmanuel Chabrier

45/100 -1 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. 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.

Same level

Trot de cavalerie in C major, for piano, 4 hands, G.v7

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

45/100 -1 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Demi-pédale — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

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.