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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Agape

Stavros First

41/100 +5 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Gentle

Air for Cello

Jean Huré

42/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style moderne et contemporain — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Adagio, Op.69c

Wilhelm Kienzl

42/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Changements de position (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Air lointain

Theodore Akimenko

43/100 +7 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Allegro appassionato in B minor, for cello and piano, op. 43

Camille Saint-Saëns

49/100 +13 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Passages rapides — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Balanced

Ode on den Westwind, for cello and orchestra

Hans Werner Henze

45/100 +9 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Phrasé — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Balanced

Air de ballet, Op.35

Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen

44/100 +8 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Lento in E flat major, for cello and piano, JS 76

Jean Sibelius

50/100 +14 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Caractère et style — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Andante religioso

Joseph Hollman

52/100 +16 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. 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.

Challenge

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

Camille Saint-Saëns

58/100 +22 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 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

Suite E flat major BWV 1010

Eugene Ysaÿe

58/100 +22 pts 20-40 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Style baroque and Polyphonie à deux voix — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Assai tranquillo, for cello and piano

Felix Mendelssohn

36/100 same level 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 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 G major, op. 1, no. 6

Benedetto Marcello

36/100 same level 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Connaissance des formes — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Same level

3 Easy Pieces, for cello and piano

Paul Hindemith

33/100 -3 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Style moderne et contemporain — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

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