Martin Suckling - Catalogue
Catalogue
Caprice (2005)
Programme Note available
Martin Suckling
First performance:
Priscilla Vela Vico, Royal Academy of Music, London, 27 Feb 2006
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Score : unpublished / Location: hard disk (sibelius file) [enquire]
Programme Note availableMartin Suckling
First performance:
Priscilla Vela Vico, Royal Academy of Music, London, 27 Feb 2006
Work Details
Category: instrumental solo
Duration: 3'
Instrumentation: Db
Duration: 3'
Instrumentation: Db
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Score / Location: on order [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: ref library [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: hard disk (sibelius file) [enquire]Programme Note
This Caprice for solo double bass is a response to Paganini's famous set of 24 for violin. As with many of Paganini's Caprices, this piece focuses on only a pair of virtuoso techniques throughout. It expects virtuosity not only of the performer, but also of the listener to appreciate the microtonal inflections in the central section. Although the double bass can rival even the violin in terms of agility and elaborate melodic pyrotechnics, I wished to underline the bass's identity as a bass instrument. As such a cycling ground bass forms the compositional basis for the piece.
This Caprice for solo double bass is a response to Paganini's famous set of 24 for violin. As with many of Paganini's Caprices, this piece focuses on only a pair of virtuoso techniques throughout. It expects virtuosity not only of the performer, but also of the listener to appreciate the microtonal inflections in the central section. Although the double bass can rival even the violin in terms of agility and elaborate melodic pyrotechnics, I wished to underline the bass's identity as a bass instrument. As such a cycling ground bass forms the compositional basis for the piece.