Blue Waking is a contemporary solo work characterized by its delicate harmonic language. It features atmospheric textures that require nuanced touch and sensitive pedal usage.
The primary challenge is maintaining a consistent cantabile line against soft, sustained harmonic accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Blue Waking (Op.22b) 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 Waking (Op.22b) lasts about 3 minutes.
Blue Waking (Op.22b) 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 Baroque fantasy by Michio Aramaki, Baroque fantasy by Michio Aramaki, Baroque fantasy by Michio Aramaki — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.