Paganini Caprice

Niccolò Paganini's Caprices are among the most spectacular of all his works, and the 24th Caprice is perhaps the best known of the set. It is a series of variations on a short theme, and covers a wide expressive range in its short duration. As a part of the Toy Symphony Project, we decided to create a transcription of the Twenty-fourth Caprice to show off some of the potential of our new Hyperviolin techniques. Using only an acoustic violin (Joshua Bell's Stradivarius), a microphone, and a couple of foot pedals for additional controls, Bell's playing is turned into a swirling spiral of violin sounds, doubling or tripling his sound, harmonizing the melody or delicately reinforcing or modifying his timbre, all under his expressive control.

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