Tower, Joan - Tres Lent (Hommage a Messiaen)

Joan Tower is one of this generation's most dynamic and colorful composers. Her bold and energetic music, with its striking imagery and novel structural forms, has won large, enthusiastic audiences. This work for Cello andPianowas written as a homage to Olivier Messiaen, whose 'risk-taking' approach, the composer felt, had a special influence on her own works.

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• Tres Lent (Hommage A Messiaen)