Walter Piston's Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra, was commissioned in
1963 by
Broadcast Music Incorporated on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary, and is dedicated to the harpist
Nicanor Zabaleta, who premiered it in Madrid on October 19, 1964.[1]
The work is in one
movement and lasts for approximately 10 minutes.
References
^Steven Lowe
Liner notesArchived 2019-02-23 at the
Wayback Machine to Walter Piston: Symphony No. 4, Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra, Three New England Sketches. Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor. Naxos CD 8.559162. [Hong Kong]: Naxos, 2002.