Sergey Malov – Tribute to Paganini

Sergey Malov violin and viola

“Homage to Paganini”

N. Paganini (1782-1840)
Caprices op. 1 (selection)

H.Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
Capriccio in C minor for viola op. 55 “Homage to Paganini”

A. Schnittke (1934-1998)
“á Paganini”

30′ | Admission €5

As the name suggests, the capriccio is a free, imaginative piece, built on the personal inclinations of the musician and, often, with a blatantly virtuosic character. The most famous are Paganini’s Capricci, real concert studies in which the possibilities of the violin are taken to extremes, bread and butter of the virtuoso Sergey Malov, who will alternate between violin and viola to perform the Capriccio of Vieutxtemps and the Paganinian parody of Schnittke.