🇷🇺Nikolai Karlovich Medtner ： Four Fairy Tales No.3 in a-moll Op.35-3

This character piece from Medtner’s Four Fairy Tales, Op. 35, is marked by a concentrated, narrative style. As its ideas unfold and give way to one another, singing melodic lines alternate with accompanying figures that support the motion, creating a sense of changing scenes. It is important to shape the work as one continuous flow while carefully tracing the direction of each phrase and the progression of dynamics. Bringing the melody clearly to the foreground and balancing the inner voices and accompaniment allows its delicate shading and tension to emerge. The pedal should be used with restraint so that the sound does not become blurred, while the small movements should retain the unhurried timing of spoken narration.