Concertino for Violin and Viola

for solo violin and viola, with fl, cl, hrn, 2 vlns, vla, vc, and cb.

duration: appr. 10 min.

Program Notes:

Concertino for Violin and Viola was written for the participants of the 2008 Wintergreen Academy in Wintergreen, Virginia. The piece is for 2 soloists and an “orchestra” of 8 other players.

The work is divided into three large sections, each of which is separated into a multitude of smaller segments. The musical material is derived from the opening gestures in the “orchestra” part and the first entrance of the soloists. Throughout the work the material is transformed using timbral and motivic development. Basically all the standard 21st century musical stuff… The intention of the piece was to write something that would be enjoyable for 10 minutes, and if that happens, why should it matter how it was created? But now you know, and hopefully that will help you untangle the “mystery” of modern music and this piece in particular. And that’s all I could hope for, right?

Enjoy.

-Ryan Jesperson
June 23rd, 2008

Concertino for Violin and Viola was premiered on July 22nd, 2008 in Wintergreen, VA as part of the Wintergreen Academy Composer's Concert. Nicholas Szucs, vln and Anne Lanzilotti, vla were the soloists and Jim Glazebrook conducted.

Anne Lanzilotti and Nicholas Szuchs, soloists. Jim Glazebrook, conductor.

Jim Glazebrook conducting the orchestra: Ashley Porter - fl Melissa Bowles - cl Chip White - hrn Laura Pearson - vln Anneli Givens - vln DJ Marsh - vla Abbie Fields - vc Patrick Faulkner - cb

The Dress Rehearsal

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Fall, 2012: Joseph Abad will premiere a new Saxophone Sonata.

Fall, 2012: Jordan Jacobson will perform fragments and memories in CT.

Spring-Summer, 2012: Jeux pour Jumeaux will be performed in San Francisco, CA.

Spring, 2012: Bobby Watson and the UMKC Big Band will premiere Rhapsody for Dean Moriarty in Kansas City, MO.

Spring, 2012: Ashly Evans will premiere Birdsongs in Houston, TX.

Spring, 2012: BA(da)SS will be performed by Ryan Ford in West Hartford, CT.

Spring, 2012: Jordan Jacobson will perform fragments and memories in CT.

Spring, 2012: Not Death, but Love will be premiered by Ineo Saxophone Quartet.

Spring, 2012: David Tayloe will perform A Page Out of Zen in CT.

May, 2012: The Invisible, Magic, Soccer Phone will be premiered in Middlefield, CT.

April, 2012: The UMKC Opera Dept. will perform portions of Songs from Behind the Curtain.

April, 2012: David Tayloe will premiere A Page Out of Zen in NY.

Feb. 17th, 2012: The 016 Ensemble will be perform Romanza for Alto Saxophone and Violin in Manchester, CT.

Dec. 3rd, 2011: Ryan defends his dessertation, Songs from Behind the Curtain at UMKC.

July 17th, 21st, 24th, 2011: Music Faculty from the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival will perform ...and those seven dwarfs in a series of concerts in Western Maine.

June 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 2011:Orphée Redux will be performed by Rhymes With Opera on their East Coast Tour (NYC, Baltimore, Hartford, Boston).

June 12th, 2011:Selection from Songs from Behind the Curtain will be performed at the John Duffy Composers Institute in Norfolk, VA.

May 13th, 2011: The Ineo Quartet will perform the 1st movement of Not Death, but Love on their Fischoff Competition program in South Bend, Indiana.

March 19th, 2011: The Ineo Saxophone Quartet will perform ...and love is fire... from Not Death, but Love at the NASA conference in West Point, NY.

Feb. 25th, 2011: I. Jest will be premiered by Robert Olson and the UMKC Orchestra in Kansas City, MO.

Feb. 14th, 2011: Hebdomas Squatinae will be performed at the Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival.

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