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Copyright: we retain the copy right on our arrangements for public performance or any other commercial application but grant you the right to download it free of charge for your own personal use.  Donation: If you enjoy the music I would be grateful if you would make a donation to the charitable Trust Fund run by Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club.

Niccolo Paganini 

La Campanella, Moto

Perpetuo, & Other Caprices

These violin solos have been sympathetically remixed on new world percussion instruments and synthesizers to crisp, sparkling effect in different ways to bring out the dynamic qualities of this music. Violin pieces are not usually obvious candidates for a percussion treatment but the rapid pace of Paganini's work make them relatively adaptable. Our arrangement of the Paganini Caprice 24 MP3 recording is one of the most popular even though it was originally composed for the violin. Paganini caused a creative storm during his exhausting six year tour around Europe. His dexterity and panache inspired Liszt to new heights on the keyboard and Brahms in the composition of his wonderful variations on the theme of Caprice No 24. He composed for himself and limited access to his music to his performances while he was touring to prevent others from emulating him. For La Campanella and Caprice No 15 the Mega Moog eases the adaptation and picks up some aspects of the violin sound but in Caprice No 20  and Caprice No 24 the Marimba has been used along side the steel drums for a full percussion effect. Our latest recording is the Moto Perpetuo  (Perpetual Motion) where the steel drum, vibraphone combination picks up the violin’s line and is accompanied by gamelan and marimba on a sort of pedal bass line.