• Joan Tower
  • Tres Lent (Hommage a Messiaen) (1994)

  • Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
  • vc, pf
  • 8 min

Programme Note

Trés Lent was premiered by André Emelianoff and the composer at Merkin Concert Hall in 1994.

Composer Note:

I grew to love the many risks Messiaen took — particularly the use of very slow “time,” both in tempo and in the flow of ideas and events. Trés lent is my attempt to make “slow” music work. It is affectionately dedicated to my longtime friend and colleague, who never stops growing as a musician and cellist, André Emelianoff.

—Joan Tower

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Reviews

TRÉS LENT makes more spacious sense of time, with cello and piano engaged in long-lined musings and impassioned statements.
Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer

Discography

Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Gasparo Records
  • Catalogue Number
    351
  • Ensemble
    Fischer Duo
  • Soloist
    Jeanne Kierman, piano; Norman Fischer, cello
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    New World Records
  • Catalogue Number
    80470
  • Soloist
    Joan Tower, piano; André Emelianoff, cello