🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Toccatina Op.36

Nikolai Kapustin’s Toccatina, Op.36 is a piano piece centered on the motoric energy characteristic of a toccata, incorporating rhythmic vitality and sharp accents suggestive of jazz idioms. Fine streams of notes move continuously, while exchanges between short phrases and changes in expression create forward momentum. Even within its overall impression of rushing ahead in one sweep, it is important to hear the overlapping sonorities and shifts in dynamics. In performance, rather than pursuing speed alone, keep the rhythms of both hands precisely aligned and combine a light touch with clear accents to bring out the music’s vitality. Use the pedal sparingly so that the sound does not become blurred; preserving the clarity of each note and the direction of the phrases is key to bringing out the work’s appeal.