🇩🇪Felix Mendelssohn ： Little Fugue in h-moll MWV.U96

Mendelssohn’s Little Fugue in B minor, MWV.U96, is a concentrated contrapuntal work in which the subject is passed from one voice to another. As the voices overlap, the musical texture grows denser, while the interplay of imitation and harmonic movement creates a sense of tension. In performance, it is important to give the subject a clear profile each time it appears without allowing the other voices to become obscured. Clean articulation with independent fingers and a steady tempo that preserves the flow of the beat help convey both the movement of each line and the unity of the whole. Pedaling should be restrained, used mainly to support the resonance, while carefully shaping the direction of the phrases and changes in density.