Doors Time 5:45 PM
Conductor:
Peter Oundjian
Guest Artists:
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Joan Tower, composer
This all-Joan-Tower program includes the landmark premiere of a brand new cello concerto by the legendary composer; this concerto was commissioned by the Festival and written for cellist Alisa Weilerstein, who performs it here. “[Weilerstein] and the cello seem simply to be one and the same,” says the Los Angeles Times. Before intermission we explore three of Tower’s seminal works: her Duets for chamber orchestra; the fifth in her series of fanfares spotlighting adventurous women; and her Made in America, which in turns examines, celebrates, and unsettles the song “America the Beautiful.”
Program:
Joan Tower, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 5 (1993)
Joan Tower, Made in America (2004)
Joan Tower, Duets (1994)
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Joan Tower, Cello Concerto (World premiere commission) (2021)
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