🇫🇷Jacques Ibert ： 6 Pieces By Boat at Night

“By Boat at Night” is a miniature from Ibert’s *6 Pieces*, evoking the image of moving across the water at night. Within its compact design, built from brief musical ideas, a quiet sense of flow meets delicate coloring, while the relationship between melody and accompaniment shapes its distinctive impression. Highlights include the subtle undulation created by overlapping sounds and nuances that suggest a changing scene. In performance, it is important to connect the resonance without allowing the pedal to blur the textures, while maintaining a clear melodic line even in soft passages. By allowing small dynamic and tempo changes to unfold naturally, the pianist can convey both the stillness of night and the movement of the water.