🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Ten Bagatelles No.10 Op.59-10

No. 10 from Kapustin’s Ten Bagatelles is a compact miniature that concentrates a lively rhythmic drive reminiscent of jazz idioms and sharply defined accents within the concise character of a bagatelle. Short gestures seem to pass from one to another, making its light momentum and changes of expression from one passage to the next especially engaging. Rather than playing the small notes with uniform weight, performers should be aware of the pulse’s points of gravity and the space in the rests to bring out the music’s bounce. Keeping the right-hand melody clear, tightening the left-hand rhythm, and making swift dynamic changes all contribute to a polished performance.