The Red Violin Caprices for solo violin by John Corigliano
Published by Schirmer
John Corigliano (b 1938) is a significant American composer of contemporary classical music. He is known for his eclectic approach to composition, drawing in music from many sources to create complex, substantial, and highly expressive music that is nevertheless tonal and accessible to a wide audience. He is best known for his score to ''The Red Violin'' (1998), his opera ''The Ghosts of Versailles'' (1991), and his Symphony No. 1 ''Of Rage and Remembrance'' (1988), written in memory of friends lost in the AIDs epidemic.
''The Red Violin'' (1998) follows the fraught life-cycle and history of a single violin across four centuries. Corigliano's Academy Award-winning score unites the story with a haunting, recurring chaconne theme in the solo violin, performed by Joshua Bell, often interacting with other contrasting themes. ''The Red Violin Caprices'' for solo violin is a virtuosic study of the chaconne and a troubadour-inspired theme in a variety of styles and perspectives. Master level, Grade 6.
