Que jouer après Allegretto Moderato, for cello and piano ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Albumblätter, for cello and piano, op. 51

Reinhold Glière

53/100 +5 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 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.

Gentle

Chant saphique, for cello and piano, op. 91

Camille Saint-Saëns

54/100 +6 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: Voix chantante — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Papillon, for cello and piano, op. 77

Gabriel Fauré

52/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Romance in F for Cello and Orchestra, WoO75, TrV118

Richard Strauss

55/100 +6 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Gentle

Elegie no. 1, for cello and piano, S.196, "Schlummerlied im Grabe"

Franz Liszt

55/100 +6 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Passages rapides — 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

Sérénade in B minor, for cello and piano, op. 98

Gabriel Fauré

59/100 +11 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Voix chantante — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Balanced

Romance in F major, for cello and piano

Richard Strauss

59/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 6 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

Romance for Cello and Piano, RTviii/5

Frederick Delius

58/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

Balanced

Chanson D'Automne, for cello and piano

Frederick Delius

62/100 +14 pts 12-24 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up, staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Vibrato (violoncelle) and Voix chantante — 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 Sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 117

Gabriel Fauré

64/100 +16 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap while staying in Intermediate (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM) — 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.

Challenge

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

Gabriel Fauré

64/100 +15 pts 24-48 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

Challenge

Cello Sonata in F major, op. 6, TrV115

Richard Strauss

70/100 +21 pts 24-48 weeks

partial transfer high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Advanced (around grade 7 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. 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.

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Variations concertantes, for cello and piano, op. 17

Felix Mendelssohn

48/100 -1 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: 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

Sicilienne, for cello and piano, op. 78

Gabriel Fauré

50/100 +1 pts 3-4 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: Rythmes pointés and Legato d'archet (violoncelle) — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Same level

Gavotte, for cello and piano in G minor

Camille Saint-Saëns

46/100 -2 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

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