Que jouer après Andante moderato, Op.89 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Andante, Op.103

Charles Lefebvre

56/100 +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: Legato d'archet and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Adieu, Op.111

Jenő Hubay

56/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Air varié No.5, Op.24

Joseph Ghys

58/100 +6 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: Passages rapides and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Elegie no. 2, for violin and piano, S.131

Franz Liszt

59/100 +7 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Romance for Violin and Piano in C minor, op. 1

Edward Elgar

55/100 +3 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: Voix chantante and Vibrato — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Adagio élégiaque, Op.5

Henri Wieniawski

62/100 +10 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Vibrato and Legato d'archet — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Balanced

Air varié No.9, Op.30

Joseph Ghys

62/100 +10 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: Passages rapides and Rythme d'archet complexe — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Elegy, for violin and piano

Toru Takemitsu

65/100 +13 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Legato d'archet and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Air varié No.8, Op.27

Joseph Ghys

60/100 +8 pts 12-24 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: Passages rapides and Rythme d'archet complexe — 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 Concerto in E major, BWV.1042

Johann Sebastian Bach

69/100 +17 pts 24-48 weeks

new reflexes 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 baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Challenge

Transition from the Andante to the Rondo (Wolfgang Schneiderhan)

Eugene Ysaÿe

71/100 +19 pts 28-56 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 96

Ludwig van Beethoven

67/100 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer moderate 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: Connaissance des formes and Style classique — 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

Violin Sonata no. 1 in F major, op. 8

Edvard Grieg

51/100 -1 pts 4-6 weeks

close skills 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: Connaissance des formes and Changements de position — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Same level

Violin Sonata D major op. 12,1

Ludwig van Beethoven

51/100 -1 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: Style classique and Changements de position — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

Variations for Violin and Piano G major K. 359 (374a)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

50/100 -2 pts 3-4 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: Passages rapides and Style classique — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

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.