Capriccio for solo viola

Today I submit a recent work I premiered recently in a concert. 
This is a caprice with some influence from my origins in Ukraine but maybe not so obvious or exagerated but still in a simple way.
It was composed in a short period of time the same day of the concert so this is primarily the reason of the simplicity and repetition.
(I also attach a violin version of the score if you like it)
Hope you like it!

CapriccioViola.pdf

Nice and sweet performance.

Hi @Nazariy,

I like your use of open strings for double stopping, also I like the 3 bar phrasing in some passages, particularly the main theme. Does that show some Ukrainian influence?

Thx for sharing!

Henry

Today I listened to it again.

As I said, it is a very beautiful work and I find these pieces for a solo string instrument very difficult.

I praise the writing of the double stops, but, nevertheless, I have to say that two voices are playing almost constantly, which seems to me to make the texture too homogeneous. 

Hi nice work ... reminds me of the Countess Maritza Overture (Kalman).

Hey! Thanks for the comments!
 

On 7/25/2023 at 2:04 PM, Luis Hernández said:

I praise the writing of the double stops, but, nevertheless, I have to say that two voices are playing almost constantly, which seems to me to make the texture too homogeneous. 

Although this is true, I think that there's enough contrast with the different rythms and motives and that the piece is short so this might not be a problem.

On 7/25/2023 at 6:14 AM, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

I like the 3 bar phrasing in some passages, particularly the main theme. Does that show some Ukrainian influence?

As far as I know there are some slavic folk songs that have that kind of "odd"/odd phrasing.

On 7/25/2023 at 10:03 PM, MJFOBOE said:

reminds me of the Countess Maritza Overture (Kalman)

I don't really hear the similarities, but for some reason now my piece reminds me Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 3rd movement, which is actually another ukranian folk song.