Capriccio espagnol
The Capriccio on Themes from Spain ( Cyrillic : Каприччио на испанские темы) Opus 34 is an orchestral work by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow from 1887. In the western world it is known as Capriccio espagnol . Originally wanted to Rimsky-Korsakov, the material in a work for solo - Violin and Orchestra process, but then took the view that a purely orchestral version of the lively tunes will meet sooner.
occupation
- Romantic orchestra (2 + 1, 2d1, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1, timp, perc, hrp, str)
Structure and material
The work has five movements.
- The first movement, Alborada , is a festive and stormy dance in the style of the folk music of the northern Spanish region of Asturias , which musically celebrates the sunrise.
- The second movement, Variazioni , begins with a melody of the horns that is repeated in variations by other instruments or registers.
- In the third movement, Alborada , the Asturian dance from the first movement is taken up again. Both movements are almost identical except for the different instrumentation and key .
- The fourth movement, Scena e canto gitano (“Scene and Gypsy Song ”), begins with five cadences - first horns and trumpets , then solo violin, flute , clarinet and harp - over pegs of various percussion instruments . This is followed by a dance in three-four time, which goes over to the attacca in the last movement.
- The fifth movement, Fandango asturiano , is also based on a powerful dance from the northern Spanish region of Asturias. The piece ends with an even stormier version of the Alborada - theme .
A performance of the Capriccio lasts about 16 minutes.
features
Often the instrumentation of the piece is emphasized. It comprises a wide range of percussion instruments as well as numerous special playing and articulation techniques , for example in the fourth movement, where the violins and cellos imitate the sound of guitars . There you can even find the playing instructions quasi guitara . Despite positive criticism, Rimsky-Korsakov was disappointed because the points of view of the criticism ignored other aspects of the composition. In his autobiography he wrote:
“The opinion of critics and the public that the Capriccio is a wonderfully orchestrated piece is wrong. The Capriccio is a brilliant composition for orchestra . The change of timbres, the aptly selected melodic twists and adornments, which exactly match the characteristics of the respective instruments, the short, virtuoso cadences of the solo instruments, the rhythms of the percussion instruments, etc. make up the essence of the composition and not it mere 'garment' or 'instrumentation'. The Spanish themes, with their dancing character, provided me with an abundance of material to incorporate into various orchestral effects. Overall, the capriccio is undoubtedly a totally outward piece, but nonetheless highly lively and brilliant. I was somewhat less successful in the third section (Alborada, in B flat major), where the brass in a certain way drowns out the melody in the woodwinds; But that is easy to get under control if the conductor is careful and takes the dynamics of the brass, called fortissimo , back to a simple forte . "
Web links
- Capriccio espagnol : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Recording of the University of Vermont Orchestra (MP3)
- Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov: Works; orchestral grovemusic.com (fee-based, English), as amended on February 28, 2007
- Peter Laki: Notes from a program of the Cleveland Orchestra on the performances on January 28 and 29, 2005 (English)
- Dennis Roth: [1] (PDF file; 5.89 MB) Notes from a program of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Individual evidence
- ↑ lucksmusic.net ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
