Edouard Chavagnat's 'Bal champêtre' captures the rustic charm of a country dance within a polished, salon-appropriate setting. The piece is characterized by its charming melodic ornamentation and clear structural form.
Focus on balancing the graceful right-hand phrasing against a gentle, consistent waltz accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bal champêtre is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 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 Bal champêtre lasts about 3 minutes.
Bal champêtre 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 Alla picciola by Edouard Chavagnat, Ballet des nymphes by Edouard Chavagnat, Au Gré des vents by Edouard Chavagnat — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.