Caprice No. 5
Russell Peterson, September 25, 2002, Moorehead, MN.
“Caprice no. 5” was completed on February 14, 2000, and was written especially for Russell Peterson. Peterson’s remarkable recording of my work “Mahler in Blue Light” inspired me to write a virtuosic solo piece that would further explore his command of the altissimo register.
As in the other works in this series of solo Cparices (for cello, flute, alto recorder, marimba) “Caprice No. 5” is non-programmatic and formallly experimental. This work not only explores the “whole” alto saxophone, it also in an improvisation on the twenty-nine possible four-note chords. Here the chords are linked by interval and played as a melodic cadenza. –Notes by the composer
More Solo Instruments Works
Prelude and Fugue in a minor for organ solo, Opus 195 1
Prelude and Fugue in F major for organ solo, Opus 188 2
Prelude and Fugue in C major for organ solo, Opus 187 3
Prelude and Fugue in F major for organ solo, Opus 186 4
Prelude and Fugue in b minor for organ solo, Opus 185 5
Prelude and Fugue in A major for organ solo, Opus 184 6
Prelude and Fugue in Eb major for organ solo, Opus 182 7
Prelude and Fugue in E major for organ solo, Opus 180 8
Prelude and Fugue in c minor for organ solo, Opus 178 9
Prelude and Fugue in D major for organ solo , Opus 177 10
Chorale Fantasy and Fugue in e minor for organ solo, Opus 175 11
Prelude and Fugue in F Minor for Organ, Opus 148 12