Poster Joan Tower
Joan Tower
Noah Sheldon
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Joan Tower: Copperwave

When composer Joan Tower was a young girl, her father was a mining engineer. The family moved from New York to Bolivia for his work. On this episode of Performance Today, find out how young Joan spent her time while her father was in the mines, then we'll hear her piece called Copperwave.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs: Movement 3 Riffs
Peter Schmidl, clarinet; Vienna Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds
DG 11878

Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in D Major Hob. XVIII, No. 11
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano; Vienna Philharmonic; Rudolf Buchbinder, conductor
Musikverein, Golden Hall, Vienna, Austria

Dana Wilson: A Thousand Whirling Dreams
STRATA: James Stern, violin; Nathan Williams, clarinet; Audrey Andrist, piano
The Ulster Chamber Music Series, Church of the Holy Cross, Kingston, NY

Joan Tower: Copperwave for Brass Quintet
Tim McCarthy, trumpet; Chris Boulais, trumpet; Cort Roberts; horn; Jacob Musquiz, trombone; Justin Bain, bass trombone
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX

Hour 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture from Cosi fan tutte
Berlin Philharmonic; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte - Highlights
Erato 94821

Hildegard von Bingen (arr. Marianne Pfau): Three Antiphons
Arnaud Sussman, violin; Yura Lee, violin; Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola; Bion Tsang, cello
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14
Paul Huang, violin; The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Magic Flute Overture
Canadian Brass
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

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