🇫🇷Charles Camille Saint-Saëns ： Six Etudes Prelude and Fugue in A-Dur Op.52

This étude combines a prelude and a fugue, reflecting Saint-Saëns’s interest in contrapuntal writing and piano technique. In the prelude, it is important to maintain the musical flow while distinguishing the movement of each voice. In the following fugue, listen for the presentation and response of the subject, and make the process of overlapping voices clear. Throughout the work, the points of interest lie not only in evenness of touch, but also in the direction of the melodic lines, the balance of the inner voices, and the breathing shaped by harmonic changes. Use the pedal sparingly, mainly to support the resonance, and aim for a refined, supple expression that preserves the contours and structure of each voice.