Que jouer après 2 Andantes, Op.34 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Caprice rêveuse, Op.21

Alexandre Chevillard

54/100 +6 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: Legato d'archet (violoncelle) and Vibrato (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Andante appassionato

Théodore Dubois

54/100 +6 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Andante religioso

Joseph Hollman

52/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Andante cordial

Pierre-Octave Ferroud

52/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Andante pathétique, Op.86

Fabian Rehfeld

56/100 +7 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Cello Sonata no. 1, op. 45

Felix Mendelssohn

60/100 +11 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Intonation (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Romance in F major, for cello and piano

Richard Strauss

59/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Voix chantante and Vibrato (violoncelle) — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Balanced

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

Camille Saint-Saëns

61/100 +12 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Passages rapides — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

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

Camille Saint-Saëns

58/100 +9 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Passages rapides — 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. 2 in G minor, op. 117

Gabriel Fauré

64/100 +16 pts 24-48 weeks

close skills 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: Analyse harmonique and Passages rapides — 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 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

close skills 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: Analyse harmonique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Cello Sonata in F major, op. 6, TrV115

Richard Strauss

70/100 +21 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: Analyse harmonique and Passages rapides — 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

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

Camille Saint-Saëns

49/100 same level 3-4 weeks

close skills 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: Passages rapides and Vibrato (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

Variations concertantes, for cello and piano, op. 17

Felix Mendelssohn

48/100 -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: Analyse harmonique and Passages rapides — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

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

Johann Sebastian Bach

51/100 +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: Position du pouce and Style baroque — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

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