NOSPR / Wacławik / Bialic / A Play of Moods and Emotions

The title Scherzo capriccioso suggests a playful musical joke, yet in Dvořák’s hands (1883) appearances quickly give way to a more ambiguous narrative.

Beneath its apparent lightness and waltz-like ease, shadows begin to emerge, flashes of the grotesque appear unexpectedly, an undercurrent of disquiet makes…