Capriccio for Violin and Piano, B81
Opus number
–
Burghauser catalogue number
81
Date of composition
June (?) 1878 (revision: 1892)
Premiere - date and place
(?) 22 May 1886, Plzeň
Premiere performer(s)
(?) Josef Bečvář, Jakub Tichý
First edition
Editio Supraphon, 1975, Praha
Main key
C major
Duration
approx. 10 min.
Capriccio is a short work which, due to the unwarranted uniformity of its ideas, is not one of the composer’s strongest works. While set within a rondo framework, it is more akin to a piece of loose improvisation. As an occasional work it practically never appears in the repertoire.