Que jouer après Air auvergnat variée, Op.26 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Cello Sonata in A, "L'Imperatrice"

Luigi Boccherini

53/100 +5 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: 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.

Gentle

Air final varié de 'La sonnambula', Op.37

Joseph Merk

52/100 +4 pts 5-10 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: Passages rapides — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Adagio et variations, Op.31

Friedrich August Kummer

52/100 +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: Doigté complexe and Passages rapides — settle and write in both fingering and bowings at first reading: changing them later costs weeks.

Gentle

Capriccietto, Op.16

Maksymilian Grecki

54/100 +6 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: Doigté complexe and Vibrato (violoncelle) — settle and write in both fingering and bowings at first reading: changing them later costs weeks.

Gentle

6 Studies in English Folk Song, for cello and piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams

55/100 +7 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: Gammes et arpèges 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

Adagio et Bolero, Op.21

Auguste Franchomme

58/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Passages rapides — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Capriccio for Cello and Piano

Guglielmo Quarenghi

58/100 +10 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: Doigté complexe and Vibrato (violoncelle) — settle and write in both fingering and bowings at first reading: changing them later costs weeks.

Balanced

Cappricio über 'Der Templer und die Jüdin', Op.100

Friedrich August Kummer

62/100 +14 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: Doigté complexe and Passages rapides — settle and write in both fingering and bowings at first reading: changing them later costs weeks.

Balanced

Capriccio über slavische Melodien, Op.9

Julius Goltermann

62/100 +14 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

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

Gabriel Fauré

64/100 +16 pts 24-48 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Intermediate (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.

Challenge

Cello Sonata no. 1 in D minor, op. 109

Gabriel Fauré

64/100 +16 pts 24-48 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

Challenge

Caprice sur des Airs espagnols, Op.16

Auguste Franchomme

70/100 +22 pts 28-56 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: Intonation (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

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

Camille Saint-Saëns

49/100 +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: 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

Adagio, Op.29

Auguste Franchomme

50/100 +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: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Changements de position (violoncelle) — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Same level

Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV.1007

Johann Sebastian Bach

51/100 +3 pts 4-6 weeks

new reflexes 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: Position du pouce and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

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