A virtuoso concert piece by the French pianist-composer Alexandre Goria, designed to showcase technical facility in the mid-19th century. It features rapid scalar passages and sweeping arpeggios that demand significant keyboard dexterity.
Focus on achieving seamless shifts between the rapid technical figurations and the more lyrical central section.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Capriccio de concert (Op.40) is rated Henle level 7 of 9 — late advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grade 8 and above. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 10.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 7 — meaning you can already play level 6–7 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 Capriccio de concert (Op.40) lasts about 8 minutes.
Capriccio de concert (Op.40) 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 Capriccio di Concert by Alexandre Édouard Goria, Rhapsody in Blue (Solo Piano) by George Gershwin, Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.