Capriccio
| instrumentation | plucked string orchestra (mandolin 1 and 2, mandola, guitar and double bass) |
| finished | 27th August 2002 |
| dedicated to | LJZO Brandenburg/Berlin |
| length | 6 min. |
| first performance | 26th October 2003 in the Auenkirche Berlin-Wilmersdorf by the LJZO |
| verlegt bei | Vogt & Fritz |
The Capriccio is a concert piese in ABA form with a slow introduction. The opening adagio contains already some elements, that become important in the main section: the circling around E, chords of fourths and fifths, the rhythm "short-long-short", the tritones as an important accompanying interval. In the following vivo most of the action takes place in front of a rhythmical ostinato. The middle section (moderato, "groovy") presents a theme in the mandola, which is continued by the second mandoline. The material is developed canonically and appears in parallels with changed rhythm. A little percussion is added and then a final phrase in the base register prepares the recapitulation of the main part. The coda uses the material of the middle section, joints it with the ostinato of the main part and produces a triumphal ending of the piece.