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Joan Tower

  • WorldView Episode 05: Joan Tower

    Mar 26th, 2022 | By Hinke Younger
    Tags: Charlottesvilleclassical, Classical music, Hinke Younger, Joan Tower, Programming, WorldView

    Joan Tower’s Purple Rhapsody premiered in 2005 by the Omaha Symphony Orchestra with violist Paul Neubauer, to whom the work is dedicated. The piece is roughly twenty minutes long and consists of one continuous composition; unlike a concerto, Rhapsody does not have individual movements. It is one of Tower’s more recent works, though it was […]

  • Joan Tower scores a hit with Strike Zones

    Dec 15th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Albany Symphony, Blair McMillen, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, David Alan Miller, Evelyn Glennie, Joan Tower, Naxos, Noteworthy Release

    I’m a percussionist by training. And I’m an admirer of Joan Tower’s music. So a disc featuring Tower’s compositions for Evelyn Glennie was a must-review for me. Glennie is one of the foremost percussionists in the world. Her innovative technique is only matched, by her drive to enrich the repertoire. To that end, she has […]

  • #ClassicsaDay Revisits #NAFTAclassics – Week 1

    Jul 5th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #NAFTAclassics, Carlos Chavez, Joan Tower, Jocelyn Morlock, Manuel María Ponce, Michael Torke, Twitter

    The Classics a Day team is made up of American and Canadians. The month of July has important national holidays for both countries. And so the theme for July is the music of North America. (Mexico doesn’t have a major holiday in July, but we decided to be inclusive). In my posts for #ClassicsaDay I […]

  • July 4th Classical Music – Moving 1776 beyond 1812

    Jul 4th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: 4th of July, Adolphus Hailstork, Arseny Avraamov, C.L. Barnhouse, Classical music, Joan Tower, John Philip Sousa, William Grant Still

    For Independence Day celebrations, there few classical works that make the cut. You can usually count on hearing a John Philip Sousa march. Perhaps Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” And, if the presenters have the budget and/or a National Guard armory nearby, Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” Time for a change I get it. “1812” […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #NAFTAclassics Week 3

    Jul 20th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClasssicsaDay, #NAFTAclassics, Carlos Sánchez-Gutierrez, Florence Price, Joan Tower, Juan Trigos, Owen Underhill, Twitter

    We have an international mix of contributors to the #ClassicsaDay feed. July has significant holidays for two of the three countries in North America. So, at the suggestion of a Canadian contributor, July became #NAFTAclassics, marking Canada Day (July 1) and Independence Day (July 4). Mexico doesn’t have a July holiday, but we decided to […]

  • Joan Tower – Violin Concerto

    Aug 5th, 2015 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Cho-Liang Lin, contemporary classical music, Giancarlo Guerrero, Joan Tower, Nashville Symphony, Naxos, Orchestral music

    This new release serves up three outstanding orchestral works by American composer Joan Tower. Stroke is a 2010 musical portrait of a stroke, and the disruptive effect it has on the victim. Tower’s music upends itself early on, and over the course of the piece moves through several violent emotions before settling on serene acceptance […]

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