Capriccio burlesco

for orchestra

General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Recordings

General Information:

Composition:
1968

First Performance:
7 December 1968. Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York. New York Philharmonic Orchestra, André Kostelanetz conductor.

Duration:
About 7 minutes

Dedication:
To André Kostelanetz

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C80

Instrumentation:

2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B-flat, clarinet in E-flat, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 3 percussion (small side drum, tenor drum, bass drum, cymbal, tambourine, xylophone, castanets, whip, block, bongos) – harp – strings

Manuscript:

Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 598. Autograph full score. 43 pages. With six additional pages of full score, of earlier versions of certain sections.

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Study score, 1969, 019 368117X. Score and parts are available on hire.
            [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Study score]

Recordings:

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Orchestral Music