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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Cello Concerto no. 5 in C major, Hob.VIIb:5

Franz Joseph Haydn

65/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Style classique and Connaissance des formes — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq.170, H.432

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

65/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Cello Sonata in E flat major, op. 64

Ludwig van Beethoven

65/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Vibrato (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

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

Gabriel Fauré

64/100 +4 pts 6-12 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: 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.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Cello Sonata no. 1 in E minor, op. 38

Johannes Brahms

70/100 +10 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Vibrato (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Cello Sonata no. 4 in C major, op. 102, no. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +13 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Analyse harmonique and Vibrato (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Cello Sonata no. 3 in A major, op. 69

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +13 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Cello Sonata no. 2, op. 58

Felix Mendelssohn

69/100 +9 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Analyse harmonique — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob.VIIb:1

Franz Joseph Haydn

78/100 +18 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills 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: Indépendance des mains and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 65

Frédéric Chopin

77/100 +17 pts 28-56 weeks

partial transfer 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: 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.

Challenge

Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 33

Camille Saint-Saëns

76/100 +16 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: Indépendance des mains — 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

Cello Concerto in D major, G.479

Luigi Boccherini

60/100 same level 4-7 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Style classique and Connaissance des formes — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

Cello Concerto in C major, G.477

Luigi Boccherini

60/100 same level 4-7 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Same level

Cello Concerto in B flat major, Wq.171, H.436

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

60/100 same level 4-7 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: Indépendance des mains 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.