🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Three Etudes No.3 Op.67-3

No. 3 from Kapustin’s Three Etudes incorporates jazz idioms into a classical musical language, creating an etude with a keen rhythmic character. Fine passagework and lively rhythms drive the music forward, while the contrast between propulsive sections and moments that invite attention to resonance and breathing provides one of its main attractions. In performance, it is important not only to keep the notes precise, but also to preserve the buoyancy within the meter and connect the musical flow without making the accents too hard. Rather than forcing the faster passages, use the flexibility of the wrists and fingers to carry them lightly, allowing the work’s vivid musical character to emerge. Throughout, maintain the overall tension while listening closely to changes in tone color.