Paganini Variation – Samuel Becker

In 2019 violinist Fenella Humphrys put out a call on twitter for a (solo violin) variation on the famous Paganini theme. It’s proved really interesting with a huge variety of responses from composers.

Composers!! My 19/20 is all about Caprices. Tweet me a 16 bar variation on Paganinni 24 Theme (as wild a variation as you like) and I'll upload me playing it and give feedback. pic.twitter.com/B2mKA3BQlY
— Fenella Humphreys (@fhvln) August 14, 2019

You can see my response here:

Paganini Variation.pdf Download

And here is Fenella Humphrys playing the variation:

…and I’m finally up to date! @SamBeckerMusic here’s yours. Very effective and very challenging but worth it! #PagVariations pic.twitter.com/xwuMXUMYWG
— Fenella Humphreys (@fhvln) October 15, 2019