This Mendelssohn work captures the restless, urgent spirit of his early Romantic style through rapid, flowing figures. The piece is notable for its constant motion and underlying harmonic tension.
Control the rapid sixteenth-note patterns while maintaining clear finger articulation throughout.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Allegro in D minor, MWV W 33 is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 8.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 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 Allegro in D minor, MWV W 33 lasts about 4 minutes.
Allegro in D minor, MWV W 33 is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Rondo capriccioso in E major by Felix Mendelssohn, Albumblatt by Felix Mendelssohn, Piano Sonata No. 8 'Pathétique' by Ludwig van Beethoven — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.