🇷🇺Mily Alekseyevich Balakirev ： 30 Russian Folk Songs No.19 My Girlfriend My Dear in B-Dur

This piece brings the simple, songful character of a Russian folk melody to the piano duet. A familiar-sounding melody remains at the center, while the two performers’ parts overlap to create a gentle flow. The player carrying the melody should shape it with natural, speech-like phrasing, while the accompanying part should keep its volume restrained and support the movement of the beat. By carefully sensing the changes of expression from one passage to another and coordinating the exchanges of sound and breathing, the warmth and intimacy within the music’s simplicity come to the fore. The expansive sonority of the piano duet and the pleasure of creating a single song together are also among its highlights.