Que jouer après Romance, for cello and piano, op. 69 ?

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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Kleine Romanze for cello and piano, op. 79e/2

Max Reger

48/100 +6 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 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

Waltz, for cello and piano, op. 48

Reinhold Glière

45/100 +3 pts 4-8 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Rythmes pointés and Détaché (violoncelle) — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.

Gentle

Allegretto Moderato, for cello and piano

Gabriel Fauré

48/100 +7 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: 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.

Gentle

Allegro appassionato in B minor, for cello and piano, op. 43

Camille Saint-Saëns

49/100 +7 pts 4-8 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

A short step up — but it is the one that moves you into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides and Vibrato (violoncelle) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Romance lyrique, for cello and piano

Zoltán Kodály

53/100 +12 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style moderne et contemporain and Intonation (violoncelle) — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Balanced

Papillon, for cello and piano, op. 77

Gabriel Fauré

52/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). The skill that will carry the work: 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-Impromptu, for cello and piano

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

52/100 +10 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Passages rapides and Style moderne et contemporain — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Balanced

Romance in F for Cello and Orchestra, WoO75, TrV118

Richard Strauss

55/100 +13 pts 10-20 weeks

close skills moderate risk to confirm

A real step up: this piece moves you into 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.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

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

Gabriel Fauré

59/100 +18 pts 20-40 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. The skill that will carry the work: Voix chantante and Vibrato (violoncelle) — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Challenge

Romance in F major, for cello and piano

Richard Strauss

59/100 +17 pts 20-40 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. The skill that will carry the work: 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 for Cello and Piano, RTviii/5

Frederick Delius

58/100 +16 pts 20-40 weeks

close skills high risk to confirm

Same level

To widen the repertoire without raising the level.

Same level

Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, op. 24

Gabriel Fauré

42/100 same level 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Contrôle du toucher — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.

Same level

Serenade, for cello and orchestra, op. 37

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

40/100 -2 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Pédale de sustain — the pedal is set by ear, note by note: misjudged, it blurs the harmony instead of joining it.

Same level

Lied for Cello and Orchestra, op. 19

Vincent d'Indy

40/100 -2 pts 3-4 weeks

partial transfer 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: Mémorisation — memorise in sections and on harmonic landmarks, never by restarting from the top.

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