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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

3 Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 116

Jean Sibelius

63/100 +5 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Gentle

4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 115

Jean Sibelius

61/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Legato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Z domoviny, 2 pieces for violin and piano, JB 1:118

Bedrich Smetana

61/100 +3 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Gentle

Poem no. 2, for violin and orchestra, op. 13, "Au Rouet"

Eugene Ysaÿe

65/100 +7 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 demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Tempo rubato — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

Les Neiges d'antan, for violin and orchestra, op. 23

Eugene Ysaÿe

65/100 +7 pts 6-12 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 17

Josef Suk

69/100 +11 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). New compared with the previous piece: Changements de position — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Violin Concerto no. 8 in A minor, op. 47

Louis Spohr

70/100 +12 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Tempo rubato — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Balanced

Légende, for violin and orchestra in E flat major, RTvii/3

Frederick Delius

67/100 +9 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Konzertstück, for violin and orchestra in F sharp minor, op. 84

Max Bruch

72/100 +14 pts 14-28 weeks

close skills 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: Technique générale — 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 D major, op. 61

Ludwig van Beethoven

75/100 +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: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108

Johannes Brahms

77/100 +19 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: Legato d'archet and Connaissance des formes — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Violin Sonata no. 2 in E minor, op. 108

Gabriel Fauré

74/100 +16 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: Connaissance des formes and Vibrato — 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. 2 in G major, op. 13

Edvard Grieg

58/100 same level 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: 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

Romance, for violin and orchestra in A minor, op. 42

Max Bruch

57/100 -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: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

Scottish Fantasy, for violin and orchestra, op. 46

Max Bruch

60/100 +2 pts 4-7 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Legato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

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