Blue & Green by Zoë Birtwhistle is a short, character-driven piece focused on tonal color. It utilizes minimalist melodic gestures that rely on sensitive touch and dynamic control.
Focus on the balance between the melodic lines in the right hand and the supporting chordal structures.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Blue & Green is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
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 Blue & Green lasts about 2 minutes.
Blue & Green 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 Blue and Green by Zoë Birtwhistle, Au Matin by Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, Au Matin by Benjamin Louis Paul Godard — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.