Matheson, Capriccio[CF:114-41854]

Capriccio
for solo Violin
James Matheson
Solo Part
Performing Ensemble: Viola Unaccompanied
Instrumentation: Violin
Item Number: 114-41854
Number of Pages: 4
Duration: :02:00
Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
Print Status: In Print

Violin solo
James Matheson's Capriccio was composed for Jennifer Koh who premiered it as part of the 2016 NY Philharmonic Biennial. Playing against the expectations of flamboyant violin caprices, Matheson's work is dramatically, even eerily quiet throughout its entirety and inspired by the arpeggiated preludes from Bach's suites. As in the Bach preludes, Matheson's study in motivically-phrased 16th notes has no marked tempo, offering performers a vastly broad spectrum to express this quiet exploration. For advanced violinists.