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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

La Scandinavie, for cello and piano

Percy Grainger

40/100 +5 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Voix chantante and Style moderne et contemporain — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Cello Concerto

Einojuhani Rautavaara

40/100 +5 pts 4-8 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Analyse harmonique — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Ariette, for cello and piano, H.188b

Bohuslav Martinů

41/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 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.

Gentle

6 Pastorales, for cello and piano, H.190

Bohuslav Martinů

42/100 +7 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Sonatina for Cello and Piano

Zoltán Kodály

42/100 +7 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style classique and Connaissance des formes — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Cello Concerto

Carlos Chávez

45/100 +10 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Indépendance des mains and Style moderne et contemporain — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Sonhar, for cello and piano, A.86

Heitor Villa-Lobos

45/100 +10 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 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

O canto do capodócio, for cello and piano, A.251

Heitor Villa-Lobos

48/100 +13 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Voix chantante and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Balanced

Serenade, for cello and piano

Francis Poulenc

49/100 +14 pts 8-16 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Style moderne et contemporain — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Poème, for cello and piano

Aaron Copland

53/100 +18 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 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

Romance lyrique, for cello and piano

Zoltán Kodály

53/100 +18 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Legato d'archet (violoncelle) and Vibrato (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Lament, for cello and piano

Aaron Copland

50/100 +15 pts 20-40 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Voix chantante and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

3 Easy Pieces, for cello and piano

Paul Hindemith

33/100 -2 pts 2-3 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Style moderne et contemporain — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

Suite G major BWV 1007

Eugene Ysaÿe

37/100 +2 pts 2-3 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Style baroque and Polyphonie à deux voix — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

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