Que jouer après Air with Variations No.13, Op.121 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Cadenza (Wolfgang Schneiderhan)

Eugene Ysaÿe

86/100 +5 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Positions hautes and Doigté complexe — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Air with Variations No.14

Charles-Auguste de Bériot

85/100 +4 pts 8-16 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). The skill that will carry the work: Passages rapides and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Violin Sonata in G minor, B.g5, "The Devil's Trill"

Giuseppe Tartini

85/100 +4 pts 8-16 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Trilles et ornements (violon) and Legato d'archet — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Gentle

Caprice d'adieu, for solo violin, MS68

Niccolò Paganini

84/100 +3 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Doubles cordes and Trilles et ornements (violon) — 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

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 (Julia Fischer)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

91/100 +10 pts 18-36 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Positions hautes and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Violin Sonata in F minor, "Au tombeau d'après la sonate de Pietro Antonio Locatelli"

Eugene Ysaÿe

94/100 +13 pts 18-36 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Legato d'archet and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 3

Eugene Ysaÿe

96/100 +15 pts 36-72 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Legato d'archet and Connaissance des formes — 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

Violin Sonata no. 9 in A major, op. 47, "Kreutzer"

Ludwig van Beethoven

80/100 -1 pts 6-9 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Legato d'archet and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

Cadenza to the Rondo (Wolfgang Schneiderhan)

Eugene Ysaÿe

80/100 -1 pts 5-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, right at the edge of Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM): different ground, same level. What changes is the skill in play: Positions hautes and Doigté complexe — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

Fantasia in C for Violin and Piano, D.934, op. posth.159, "Sei mir gegrüsst!"

Franz Schubert

84/100 +3 pts 6-9 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Ornements romantiques and Connaissance des formes — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

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