Polish Caprice (Kaprys polski), arr. for solo cello
by Grażyna Bacewicz · arranged by Andrzej Orkisz
- Instrumentation
- Cello
- Composed
- 1949
- Duration
- 3'
- Publisher
- PWM Edition, Kraków (Miniatury Wiolonczelowe No. 30; product code 9231; print on demand)
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About this piece
Bacewicz, a concert violinist as well as a composer, wrote Polish Caprice for unaccompanied violin in 1949; PWM calls it one of her better-known violin works. Her Polish publisher, PWM, issues a transcription for solo cello by Andrzej Orkisz as No. 30 of its Miniatury Wiolonczelowe series (four pages). PWM's description lists the technical demands: thirty-second-note passagework, playing in high positions on the G string, and broken two- and three-note chords. The Orkisz version is in the concert repertoire; for example, Marie Spaemann played it at the Vienna Konzerthaus in 2010.
Technical overview
A three-minute unaccompanied showpiece. According to PWM, it combines fast thirty-second-note runs, high positions on the G string and broken two- and three-note chords.