This piece is a neoclassical pastiche by Poulenc that reinterprets the traditional dance form through a 20th-century harmonic lens. It features witty dissonances and sharp, angular phrasing.
Pay close attention to the stylistic accentuation required for Poulenc's neoclassical character.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bourrée, au Pavillon d’Auvergne, FP 87 is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 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 Bourrée, au Pavillon d’Auvergne, FP 87 lasts about 1 minute.
Bourrée, au Pavillon d’Auvergne, FP 87 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 'Valse' for Album des Six by Francis Poulenc, "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" - per canones by Riccardo Castagnetti, Banalità leggendarie, Marginalia No.315 by Fulvio Caldini — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.