🇮🇹Ferruccio Busoni ： Six Etudes Moderato Op.16-3

The third piece in Busoni’s Six Etudes, marked Moderato, is an etude that calls for careful attention to the placement of notes and the direction of phrases within an unhurried, composed tempo. While retaining the clarity expected of a study, it requires the performer to unify the balance between individual notes, the resonance, and the breathing of the music. A key point of interest is the way the flow is shaped by sensing the center of gravity in each phrase group, rather than mechanically equalizing every detail from the opening. In performance, allowing the melody to emerge naturally and using the pedal sparingly to clarify the resonance can bring rich expression to the calm tempo. The essential points are to maintain the tempo while making even subtle changes in dynamics and phrasing clearly perceptible.