About the creation

The Capriccio for Piano was written in a style which uses elements of different composing techniques, but does not limit the composer to any one of them. It is composed in the traditional A-B-A form.

After an opening bar, the main subject appears as a dodecaphonic series. This series, combined with a rather stormy motif and a short lyrical theme, leads to a development of the main subject.

The middle section is succession of variations on a slow and calm subject. The main subject of the Capriccio in now brought in, and joined to the theme of the variations. After two slow chords, the stormy motif from the first part reappears unexpectedly and opens the repetition – but this time the development comes first. A cadenza brings us to the repetition of the main subject in its original form. After a nearly exact reprise, the composition ends with a stormy coda also using the main subject.