🇭🇺Bartók Béla Viktor János ： For Children Revised Edition Vol.2 No.35 Ballade BB 53 Sz 42

“Ballade” is a miniature marked by the contrast between a speech-like melody and an accompaniment containing a quiet sense of tension. Short phrases shift and shape the musical flow, while the density and momentum of the sound change with the character of the melody. At the opening, it is important not to rush and to articulate the turning points of the melodic line carefully. In the central development, listen to the separate voices in the two hands, sustain double notes and chords without pressing them too heavily, and connect the tension leading toward the climax naturally to the stillness that follows. Use the pedal sparingly to avoid blurring, allowing the ends of phrases and rests to contribute to the piece’s narrative quality.