🇷🇺Nikolai Karlovich Medtner ： Three Fairy Tales No.3 in G-Dur Op.9-3

This concise and expressive character piece unfolds through an alternation of lively motion and singing melodies. The rhythmically charged material presented at the beginning provides momentum throughout, while the musical flow also reveals lyrical shades and changing colors brought about by harmonic shifts. Although brief, the work offers clear contrasts between its episodes, and its steadily mounting excitement toward the conclusion is especially rewarding to hear. In performance, keep the more active passages light and crisp while ensuring that the melody does not disappear into the accompaniment. Careful attention to phrase direction and pedal clarity, as well as to the range of dynamics, brings out the music’s conversational appeal.