Ferruccio Busoni ： Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme

A piano arrangement by Busoni based on Bach’s chorale. The voices overlap in several layers, with the chorale melody at the center while the inner voices and bass shape a rich sonority and flowing movement. The performance calls for a calm sense of the work as a whole, and a key point is to carefully develop the increasing fullness and tension as the music progresses. Keep the melody clear, listen for the exchanges between the individual voices, and use the pedal to support the resonance without making it muddy. Alongside the solemnity, it is also important to bring out the gentle momentum created by the movement of the voices.