🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Prelude and Fugue No.18 Op.82-18

No. 18 from Kapustin’s *24 Preludes and Fugues* is a compact two-part work in which the prelude and fugue are heard in succession. The prelude generates vivid momentum through a rhythmic character linked to jazz and refined harmony. In the fugue, the transfer of the subject from one voice to another and the tension created as the individual lines overlap provide the main points of interest. In performance, it is important to coordinate the intricate rhythms and accents precisely while maintaining flexible phrasing so that the music does not become mechanical. Contrasting the prelude’s lightness with the fugue’s clear sense of individual voices, and uniting the overall flow, brings the work’s appeal into focus.