Lesson 40: Lower Intermediate Review and Next Steps

• Play and record a four-piece recital covering Renaissance, Baroque, folk, and one own choice.
• Identify the area you most want to develop at the next level.

You finish a level when you can play a programme from it.

Lower intermediate ends with a four-piece recital. The pieces should represent the breadth of the level: one Renaissance, one Baroque, one folk, one of your own choosing. No new technique — the work is to consolidate what is already there.

The programme — choose one from each

Renaissance

Pavane: Belle qui tiens ma vie

Arbeau pavane.

Tourdion

Renaissance galliard.

Canarios

Spanish Renaissance dance.

Baroque

Telemann: Sonata in C major, TWV 41:C5

Accessible Baroque sonata movement.

Bach: Minuet in G

Canonical Baroque dance.

Vivaldi: Concerto RV 443 (Largo)

Lyrical Vivaldi.

Folk

Greensleeves

English air.

Danny Boy

Irish ballad.

Sakura Sakura

Japanese folk melody.

Your choice

Any piece at your level from the songs library or your own collection — pick one you love.

Warm-up before the recital

On your alto staff these read as F major, C major (the alto's home key), and Bb major — the transposed reading of soprano's C, G, F. The fingerings are unchanged.

When you have a recording of four contrasting pieces played end-to-end without stopping, move on to Upper Intermediate.