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- Joan Tower
Duets (1994)
- Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
- 2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/timp.perc/str
- 19 min
Programme Note
Composer Note:
Duets was commissioned by and is dedicated to the wonderful Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
In three of my concertos for flute, clarinet and violin, I explored the idea of pairing the soloist with the corresponding first chair player in featured cadenzas (an idea I got from Schuman's Cello Concerto). In Duets, I developed that idea within the orchestra, concentrating on pairs of cellos, flutes, horns, trumpets, and to a lesser degree violins, oboes, clarinets and percussion, creating an overall concerto grosso-like effect.
Duets is divided into four sections (slow-fast-slow-fast) within one continuous movement and lasts about 19 minutes.
—Joan Tower
Duets was commissioned by and is dedicated to the wonderful Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
In three of my concertos for flute, clarinet and violin, I explored the idea of pairing the soloist with the corresponding first chair player in featured cadenzas (an idea I got from Schuman's Cello Concerto). In Duets, I developed that idea within the orchestra, concentrating on pairs of cellos, flutes, horns, trumpets, and to a lesser degree violins, oboes, clarinets and percussion, creating an overall concerto grosso-like effect.
Duets is divided into four sections (slow-fast-slow-fast) within one continuous movement and lasts about 19 minutes.
—Joan Tower