Joan Tower – Past Concerts near Ashburn, VA

Johann Sebastian Bach — Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Zoltán Kodály — Sonata for Solo Cello in B minor, Op. 8
Joan Tower — For Alisa
Johann Sebastian Bach — Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

Alice Mary Smith — Clarinet Sonata in A major
Ursula Mamlok — Aphorisms II: Six Pieces for Two Clarinets (written for Charles Neidich & Ayako Oshima)
Joan Tower — Fantasy (…those harbor lights)
Dorothy Rudd Moore — Night Fantasy
Keiko Fujiie — Manin aeide, Thea
Julia Perry — Serenity
Ethel Smyth — Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7 (transc. Charles Neidich for clarinet)

George Gershwin — Cuban Overture
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue (Kevin Cole, piano)
George Gershwin — Second Rhapsody (Kevin Cole, piano)
Steven Stucky — Dreamwaltzes
Joan Tower — 1920/2019

Caroline Shaw — Bittersweet synonym
Angélica Negrón — Lo infinito
Jessie Montgomery — Build
Joan Tower — A short flight
Teresa Carreño — String Quartet in B minor
Germaine Tailleferre — String Quartet
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major

Joan Tower — Petroushskates
Han Lash — Leander and Hero
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Claude Debussy — Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Joan Tower — A New Day
Maurice Ravel — La valse
Maurice Ravel — Boléro

Claude Debussy — Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Joan Tower — A New Day
Maurice Ravel — La valse
Maurice Ravel — Boléro

Claude Debussy — Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Joan Tower — A New Day
Maurice Ravel — La valse
Maurice Ravel — Boléro

Sofia Gubaidulina — String Quartet No. 4 with Tape
Anna Clyne — Breathing Statues
Joan Tower — White Water for String Quartet
Jörg Widmann — Jagdquartett for Strings

Program includes works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Terry Riley, Anton Webern, John Cage, Joan Tower, Andy Akiho, Billy Childs, Angélica Negrón, Kevin Puts, Kaoru Ishibashi (Kishi Bashi), Caroline Shaw, Paquito D'Rivera, and Jessie Montgomery.

Paul Wiancko — American Haiku
Dana Wilson — Graham's Crackers
William Grant Still — Incantation and Dance
Joan Tower — Wings
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue (Ioan Dobrinescu)

Ludwig Maurer, arr. Robert Nagel – Three Pieces
Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. Robert King – Canzona per Sonare No. 2 a 4, Ch. 187
Samuel Scheidt – Canzon "Bergamasca", SSWV 64
Joan Tower – Copperwave
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. John Glasel – Contrapunctus IX from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
Ari Micich – San Francisco Pastorale
Charles Mingus, arr. Alex Noppe – Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Reena Esmail – "II. Jog" & "III. Tuttarana" from Khirkiyaan: Three Transformations for Brass Quintet

Concert honoring women in music, featuring works by Joan Tower, Caroline Shaw, Gwyneth Walker, & Anne Guzzo. Guest Conductor Avalana Eisenberg conducts Amy Beach's "Gaelic" Symphony.

Joan Tower – Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Sergei Prokofiev – Classical Symphony

Johann Sebastian Bach – Adagio & Fuga from Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Paul Hindemith – "Thema mit Variationen. Schnelle Viertel (ma maestoso)" from Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 31, No. 4
Jeffrey Mumford – wending
Joan Tower – Wild Purple

Jonathan Bailey Holland – Introit
Joan Tower – Copperwave
Robert Dennis – Blackbird Variations
John Lennon & Paul McCartney, arr. Seb Skelly – Blackbird
Fats Waller – Black and Blue
Bix Beiderbecke, arr. Jason Adams – In a Mist, Flashes, & In the Dark

Conor Brown talks with Joan Tower about her orchestral work Sequoia (1981). Registrants to this event will receive recordings of the featured work in advance.

Tania León – Ethos
Tonia Ko – Escape-Landscape
Augusta Read Thomas – Helix Spirals
Lera Auerbach – Winter (Philadelphia premiere)
Joan Tower – Dumbarton Quintet

Travel-themed solo clarinet recital from UW-Green Bay Music’s Eric Hansen. Works on the program include Eric Mandat’s evocative The Jungle & Joan Tower’s virtuosic Wings.