🇫🇷Déodat de Séverac ： En Languedoc Riding Across the Plain

The third piece from Séverac’s En Languedoc, “Riding Across the Plain,” is a short work that evokes the image of moving across a vast plain, combining motion with lyricism. Rhythms suggesting a steady gait support expansive melodies and changing sonorities, while the contrast between passages with a sense of forward movement and gentler moments that seem to savor the landscape forms one of its chief attractions. In performance, the accompanying beats should not be made overly mechanical; maintaining a natural sense of breathing is essential. Let the melody sing fully while keeping the inner voices clear, and use the pedal only to the extent that it does not blur the sonority, allowing the open sense of space and subtle expression to emerge.