This piece by Quebecois composer Auguste Descarries reflects a post-Romantic harmonic language infused with impressionistic color. Its distinctive quality lies in the fluid, wave-like figuration that requires sensitive dynamic shaping.
Focus on maintaining a seamless, undulating legato in the accompaniment while drawing out the melody from the inner texture.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Au gré de l'onde 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 Au gré de l'onde lasts about 4 minutes.
Au gré de l'onde 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 Berceuse, IAD 14 by Auguste Descarries, Berceuse by Auguste Descarries, Berceuse pour piano by Auguste Descarries — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.