About this work
The Prelude in E minor concentrates runs, chords and silences within a few pages, giving the discourse a free character. Gestures move rapidly between registers. Their relief depends on precise attacks and deliberate breathing rather than a heavy registration maintained without variation.
The Fugue answers that freedom with a more regular subject presented successively in the voices. Episodes take up its fragments, move the harmony and lead towards cadences. The pedal part completes the polyphony and needs to remain distinct enough for lower entries to be heard as thematic material.
Practise the Prelude by separating runs, chords and silences, then connect them through a common pulse. In the Fugue, sing the subject and mark its returns before adding the pedals. A concise, clear registration will respect the scale of the piece while allowing its formal contrasts to become perceptible.
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