Joan Tower was one of the first major composers to break with serialist orthodoxy and pursue more communicative content; she has been rewarded with frequent performances, especially of her orchestral scores. This group of three pieces, admirably performed by the underrated Nashville Symphony Orchestra (when you listen to a Patsy Cline record, that's who you're hearing), gives a good introduction to the later part of Tower's career. She continues to use complex structures, but they coalesce into programmatic representations ...
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Joan Tower was one of the first major composers to break with serialist orthodoxy and pursue more communicative content; she has been rewarded with frequent performances, especially of her orchestral scores. This group of three pieces, admirably performed by the underrated Nashville Symphony Orchestra (when you listen to a Patsy Cline record, that's who you're hearing), gives a good introduction to the later part of Tower's career. She continues to use complex structures, but they coalesce into programmatic representations that may have considerable power. That development is on full display in Stroke (2010), which is dedicated to the composer's brother in the aftermath of the medical crisis named in the title. The work technically is about violent disruption, followed by inertia and depression. The Violin Concerto of 1991, one of Tower's most popular works, is given a strong performance here by Cho-Liang Lin; it's a virtuoso piece that is less thoroughly programmatic than Stroke, but nevertheless...
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