🇫🇷Charles Camille Saint-Saëns ： Choral in e-moll Op.8bis

Saint-Saëns’s Choral, Op. 8bis, is a work in which two pianos share the sonority as equal partners, weaving weighty chords together with singing melodic lines. From the quiet opening statement, the music gradually gains richness and tension, passing through changes in dynamics before reaching a grand sonority toward the end. It is important to listen carefully to the movement of each voice and the changing harmonies, while keeping the melody from being obscured. The pedal should support the resonance without creating muddiness, and matching the balance and breathing of the two pianos brings out the solemn character and flow of the chorale.