Tower: Made in America / Tambor / Concerto for Orchestra

Featuring

Leonard Slatkin
Nashville Symphony
Joan Tower

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Recording & Production

This album includes world premiere recordings of Joan Tower's 'Made in America' and 'Tambor'.

Compositional Technique

Joan Tower's 'Tambor' is rhythmically driven and features the percussion section prominently, influencing other instruments to act more like percussion themselves.

Composition History

Joan Tower's 'Made in America' was performed in all fifty states, an unprecedented achievement for a brand-new composition, from its premiere in 2005 to June 2007.

Composer Biography

Joan Tower, hailed as one of the most successful woman composers, was the first woman to receive the Grawemeyer Award in Composition in 1990.

Composition History

The work 'Made in America' by Joan Tower resulted from the largest commissioning consortium in history, involving 65 smaller American orchestras.

Performer Biography

Leonard Slatkin, the conductor on this album, has received seven Grammy awards and over fifty other Grammy nominations, including two Grammys in 2006 for 'Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience'.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Joan Tower's 'Made in America' is a fantasy on 'America the Beautiful,' depicting color and landscape through orchestration, and exploring the challenge of keeping America 'beautiful, dignified and free.'