- Joan Tower
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (1986)
- Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
- 0.0.0.0/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.2perc
- 3 min
- 10th October 2024, Colorado State University Center for the Arts Griffin auditorium, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
- 14th November 2024, Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland
Programme Note
Composer Note:
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1 was inspired by Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and employs, in fact, the same instrumentation. In addition, the original theme resembles the first theme in the Copland. It is dedicated to women who take risks and who are adventurous. Written under the Fanfare Project and commissioned by the Houston Symphony, the premiere performance was on January 10, 1987, with the Houston Symphony, Hans Vonk, conductor. This work is dedicated to the conductor Marin Alsop.
-- Joan Tower
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1 was inspired by Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and employs, in fact, the same instrumentation. In addition, the original theme resembles the first theme in the Copland. It is dedicated to women who take risks and who are adventurous. Written under the Fanfare Project and commissioned by the Houston Symphony, the premiere performance was on January 10, 1987, with the Houston Symphony, Hans Vonk, conductor. This work is dedicated to the conductor Marin Alsop.
-- Joan Tower
Media
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1