Joachim Raff's 'Abends' is a pleasant character piece that paints a picture of evening tranquility. It features a lyrical melody supported by a smooth, flowing accompaniment.
Concentrate on producing a beautiful, singing tone and ensuring seamless transitions between melodic phrases.
Abends (Op. 55 No. 12) is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Abends (Op. 55 No. 12) lasts about 3 minutes.
Abends (Op. 55 No. 12) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.