A contemporary fuguette based on the famous Lutheran chorale melody. It demonstrates a fusion of traditional contrapuntal rigor with modern harmonic colorings.
Ensure the subject is clearly articulated in every entry while balancing the secondary voices.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Befiehl du deine Wege - fuguette is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
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 Befiehl du deine Wege - fuguette lasts about 3 minutes.
Befiehl du deine Wege - fuguette 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 All Morgen ist ganz frisch und neu - fuguette by Gaël Liardon, 'Fuga sopra il Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach, 'Werde munter, mein Gemüte' by Johann Sebastian Bach — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.