Que jouer après Polonaise, for cello and piano in A major…

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Cello Sonata in B minor

Alexander Borodin

73/100 +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: Connaissance des formes and Vibrato (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

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

Ludwig van Beethoven

73/100 +6 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

Cello Sonata no. 1 in F minor, op. 5

Max Reger

73/100 +6 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: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Connaissance des formes — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Gentle

Sonata, for cello and piano no. 2 in G minor, op. 28

Max Reger

74/100 +6 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Gentle

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

Johannes Brahms

70/100 +3 pts 7-14 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Connaissance des formes and Vibrato (violoncelle) — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Pampeana no. 2: Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, op. 21

Alberto Ginastera

78/100 +11 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

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

Balanced

Nocturne and Scherzo for Cello and Piano, L.26

Claude Debussy

80/100 +13 pts 16-32 weeks

partial transfer 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: Voix chantante and Staccato — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Balanced

Cello Concerto in A major, B.10

Antonín Dvořák

80/100 +13 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: Staccato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, BB94c, Sz.88

Béla Bartók

75/100 +8 pts 14-28 weeks

partial transfer moderate risk to confirm

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra in D minor

Aram Khachaturian

85/100 +18 pts 32-64 weeks

partial transfer 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: Style moderne et contemporain and Octaves — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Challenge

Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

Edward Elgar

85/100 +18 pts 32-64 weeks

partial transfer 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: Passages rapides — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Challenge

Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major, op. 99

Johannes Brahms

82/100 +15 pts 32-64 weeks

partial transfer 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: Connaissance des formes and Vibrato (violoncelle) — 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

Polonaise in A major, for cello and piano, B.94

Antonín Dvořák

67/100 same level 4-7 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Octaves and Rythmes pointés — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Same level

Ballade and serenade, for cello and piano, op. 3

Josef Suk

68/100 same level 4-7 weeks

close skills 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: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Connaissance des formes — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Same level

Ballade for Cello and Piano in C minor, op. 15

Sergei Prokofiev

67/100 -1 pts 4-7 weeks

partial transfer 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 moderne et contemporain and Voix chantante — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

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