"Au printemps" by Francis Thomé is a delightful romantic piano piece that captures the light and airy feeling of spring. Its elegant melody and gracefully flowing accompaniment create a charming and serene atmosphere.
Cultivating a refined cantabile tone and employing sensitive rubato are key to its expressive performance.
Au printemps is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
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 Au printemps lasts about 3.5 minutes.
Au printemps is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.