🇮🇹Muzio Clementi ： Capriccio pour le clavecin ou forte piano in B-Dur Op.17

Clementi’s Capriccio is a light and brilliant work that makes use of the keyboard instrument’s agility and changing expressive character. Delicate ornamentation and flowing passagework appear alongside exchanges between phrases and harmonic shifts that give the music forward momentum. The piece unfolds through contrasts between sections of differing character, making the transitions from one passage to the next especially rewarding to hear. In performance, it is important not to rush the figures, but to maintain a clear sense of meter and articulate each note cleanly. Keep the ornaments clear without covering the main melody, and shape the dynamics and rests carefully to bring out both its vitality and its conversational character.