🇭🇺Bartók Béla Viktor János ： Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs No.2 Andante BB 79 Sz 71

The second piece unfolds at a gentle Andante, centering on a simple Hungarian folk melody and using spare piano writing that leaves space around the musical line. The melody is shaped naturally through a succession of short phrases, with subtle changes of expression emerging each time it returns. Avoid hurrying, and preserve the flow of the beat while maintaining a breathing quality rather than becoming mechanical. First, let the right-hand melody sing clearly, while keeping the left hand restrained and carefully balancing the resonance. At the ends of phrases, do not abandon the sound too abruptly; treating rests and spaces as part of the music brings out the piece’s quiet character and the natural inflection of folk song.