🇫🇮Jean Sibelius ： 5 Pieces (The Trees) – The Birch Op.75-4

The fourth piece from Sibelius’s *5 Pieces (The Trees)*, “The Birch,” is a piano miniature whose concise writing conveys a clear lyrical quality and gentle motion. A melody emerges above a finely moving accompaniment, while changes in register and dynamics add depth to the sound. Performers should maintain the overall flow while giving careful attention to the singing quality of the melody and the balance of the inner voices. Avoiding a hard attack from the opening and using the pedal only as far as the sound remains clear will help preserve a transparent tone. A slight breath at the ends of phrases, together with careful shaping of the resonance toward the close, brings out the piece’s character.