Peters composed numerous pedagogical pieces for the piano; this setting is characteristic of his accessible, instructional style. It is defined by clear phrase structures and consonant harmonic progressions.
At Henle 2 this is a beginner-level piece, where steady coordination between the hands is the main hurdle. The main demands: a true singing tone, with the melody floating above the accompaniment; precise articulation — the difference between crisp and blurred is the piece; and a left hand with real melodic or rhythmic responsibility of its own.
Focus on clean, consistent articulation between the melody and the accompanying figures.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
A level or two down with the same spirit — ideal if this piece is still out of reach.
Where this piece's skills lead: slightly harder works making similar technical demands.
Evening Hymn is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 2.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 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 Evening Hymn lasts about 3 minutes.
Evening Hymn 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 Beside the Sea by William Cumming Peters, At Bedtime, TH 70 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Berceuse by Jules Massenet — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.