Ripper: Concertino for Viola and String Orchestra Instrument_Violin The first two pieces in

The first two pieces in the series were rather serious works with violin and flute

This modeling is suggested both in the short quotes from its theme and the fact that the tempo increases to a frenzy at the conclusion of the piece

ISMN: 979-0-3019-0636-1

in its most extreme high register

quasi jazz style with an exciting climax

Ripper: Concertino for Viola and String Orchestra Instrument_Violin The first two pieces inCode: JP6004 ISMN: 979 0 3019 0552 4 Joao Guilherme Ripper was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1959. His Concertino for Viola and String Orchestra is a three movement piece for solo viola and strings. Its dense chromatic harmony touches the boundaries of tonalism and atonalism. The first movement opens with a short orchestral passage and a rhythmic first subject played by the soloist, followed by the transition that leads into a contrasting humorous