🇫🇷Henri Dutilleux ： Piano Sonata

Dutilleux’s Piano Sonata follows the framework of the traditional sonata while pursuing refined rhythms and a rich sense of color. It consists of three movements: a driving first movement, a lyrical second movement, and a third movement shaped by a chorale and variations, creating a clear contrast among them. Performers should maintain clarity in the complex rhythmic flow, distinguish the overlapping voices, and use the pedal sparingly to organize the sonority. Sustaining tension even in quiet passages and carefully shaping subtle dynamic and tonal changes brings out both the work’s structural character and its poetic quality.