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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Violin Concerto, "Concentric Paths"

Thomas Adès

75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Violin Concerto, op. 30

Alberto Ginastera

75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style moderne et contemporain and Demi-pédale — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Concerto, for violin and orchestra

Ernest Moeran

75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style moderne et contemporain and Analyse harmonique — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Gentle

Violin Concerto

William Schuman

75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Violin Concerto

Ned Rorem

75/100 +5 pts 7-14 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Violin Concerto no. 2, "In tempus praesens"

Sofia Gubaidulina

80/100 +10 pts 16-32 weeks

new reflexes moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides and Analyse harmonique — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Subito, for violin and piano

Witold Lutoslawski

80/100 +10 pts 16-32 weeks

new reflexes moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53

Antonín Dvořák

83/100 +13 pts 16-32 weeks

new reflexes moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Violin Concerto no. 1

Krzysztof Penderecki

78/100 +8 pts 14-28 weeks

new reflexes moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides — 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. 35

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

89/100 +19 pts 32-64 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. The skill that will carry the work: Indépendance des mains — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Cadenza (Wolfgang Schneiderhan)

Eugene Ysaÿe

86/100 +16 pts 32-64 weeks

new reflexes high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides and Doigté complexe — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Fantasy for Violin and Piano, op. 47

Arnold Schoenberg

85/100 +15 pts 32-64 weeks

new reflexes moderate risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. New compared with the previous piece: Style moderne et contemporain — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

6 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, op. 87 and 89

Jean Sibelius

70/100 same level 5-8 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Ornements romantiques and Indépendance des mains — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Same level

Violin Concerto no. 4 in D major, K.218

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

71/100 +1 pts 5-8 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: 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

Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 82

Alexander Glazunov

72/100 +2 pts 5-8 weeks

new reflexes low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 8 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Polyphonie à trois voix ou plus — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

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