for wind quintet Capricci plays without breaks. It falls clearly into three movements, the beginning with its horn-calls and echoes, returning in the second movement and at the end. The first movement sets two different musics against one another, bright bell-like chords, and 'birdsong' over long pedal-notes. A slow movement follows, mainly lyrical but with an unexpectedly violent middle section; the return of the lyrical music leads to a scherzo-finale.
Anthony Powers (b.1953)
"From the magically scored horn calls at the beginning, it generates a dramatic and emotional interest whcih transcends the usual limitations of the medium." - Gerald Larner, The Times
