Zara Levina, a Soviet composer, wrote this piece with lush harmonies and a strong melodic focus. It is noted for its expressive depth and distinctly Russian melancholic undertones.
Pay close attention to deep tonal weight and seamless connectivity between melodic phrases.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bird-Cherry Tree 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 Bird-Cherry Tree lasts about 4 minutes.
Bird-Cherry Tree 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 Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major by Franz Liszt, 16 Waltzes by Johannes Brahms, Intermezzo in A major, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.