🇫🇷Jacques Ibert ： Little Suite on 15 Images Farewell

Titled “Farewell,” this piece is a miniature that reveals restrained emotion and delicate color within Ibert’s characteristically concise writing. A broadly singing melody and the harmonic and accompanimental movement supporting it shift within a brief span, creating a sense of moving toward an ending. Its appeal lies in the melody’s breathing and the changing resonance. In performance, it is important to shape the destination of each phrase rather than simply placing the notes, while keeping inner voices and pedal from becoming blurred. Avoid overstating dynamic contrasts, and let the sound settle with a lingering resonance so that the feeling of farewell emerges naturally.