🇩🇪Johannes Brahms ： Three Intermezzi No.3 in cis-moll Op.117

This introspective Intermezzo weaves a gently breathing melody with delicate harmonic shifts. In the opening, the music should unfold naturally and without haste, while the accompanimental motion supporting the principal melody remains clearly perceptible. A contrasting middle section brings greater breadth of sound and rising tension before returning to the calm character of the opening, forming one of the piece’s principal points of interest. The right-hand melody should be allowed to sing without making the left hand or inner voices too heavy, and the long melodic line should be sustained through each phrase’s climax. Pedaling should connect the sonorities while avoiding cloudiness, so that the harmonic changes remain clear.