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Gentle step

The safest next step.

Gentle

Rève d'enfant, for violin and piano, op. 14

Eugene Ysaÿe

60/100 +5 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 and Vibrato — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Gentle

Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, op. 25: I. Allegro moderato

Karl Goldmark

61/100 +6 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: Connaissance des formes and Legato d'archet — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Gentle

Elegie no. 2, for violin and piano, S.131

Franz Liszt

59/100 +4 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: Legato d'archet and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Lullaby, for violin and piano, op. 52, M58, "La berceuse d'Aïtacho Enia"

Karol Szymanowski

59/100 +4 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: Legato d'archet and Voix chantante — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.

Gentle

Cavatine for violin and piano, op. 57

Charles-Marie Widor

59/100 +4 pts 5-10 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Balanced step

A genuine step up, without a jolt.

Balanced

Sonata in D major, for violin and piano, op. 25

Karl Goldmark

67/100 +12 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: Connaissance des formes and Legato d'archet — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Violin Sonata no. 1 in A major, op. 13

Gabriel Fauré

67/100 +12 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: Connaissance des formes and Passages rapides — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Balanced

Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 28

Karl Goldmark

65/100 +10 pts 12-24 weeks

partial transfer 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: Ornements romantiques and Balance mains — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Balanced

Souvenir d'un lieu cher, for violin and piano, op. 42

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

64/100 +9 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: Ornements romantiques and Voix chantante — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.

Ambitious challenge

A useful leap with guided practice.

Challenge

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

Gabriel Fauré

74/100 +19 pts 28-56 weeks

close skills 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 Positions hautes — understand the form and the harmony before memorising, or memory collapses the moment you play for someone.

Challenge

Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61

Ludwig van Beethoven

75/100 +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: 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. 1 in D minor, op. 75

Camille Saint-Saëns

71/100 +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: Analyse harmonique and Positions hautes — 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

Suite no. 1 for Violin and Piano, op. 11: IV. Allegro moderato quasi Allegretto

Karl Goldmark

56/100 +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: Style baroque and Ornements baroque — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.

Same level

2 Pieces for Violin and Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams

54/100 -1 pts 4-6 weeks

close skills low risk to confirm

Equivalent demands, still Intermediate (around grade 6 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Voix chantante and Vibrato — the notes will be secure long before the musical line: work in whole phrases, singing the main voice.

Same level

Suite no. 1 for Violin and Piano, op. 11: I. Allegro

Karl Goldmark

58/100 +2 pts 4-6 weeks

partial transfer low risk to confirm

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