Lacourt's 'Barqueiro' is a simple, folk-inspired character piece written in a style that mimics traditional boat-rowing songs. It provides a straightforward study in rhythmic vitality for the intermediate pianist.
Maintain a consistent tempo throughout the syncopated passages.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Barqueiro is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 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 Barqueiro lasts about 2 minutes.
Barqueiro 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 Blumenwalzer by Léon Jessel, Bluin' the Blues by Henry Ragas, Bohemia by Joseph Francis Lamb — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.