🇩🇪Robert Schumann ： Ball-Scenen Promenade Op.109-9

Placed near the end of Ball-Scenen, “Promenade” is a piano-duet piece that evokes moving through a festive dance setting with a measured tread and conversational writing. While maintaining a steady sense of meter, the roles of melody and accompaniment pass between the players, creating changing layers of sound. Performers should listen carefully to each voice, keep the inner parts from being obscured, and share the direction of the phrases and the shifting harmony. Coordinating their breathing, maintaining a step that never becomes too heavy, and shaping the dynamics according to each moment will bring out the quiet tension and spaciousness of the four-hand texture.