The Tower
composer: Nancy Galbraith (1985)
genre: symphony orchestra
length: 1 movement, 20:00 minutes
publisher: Nancy Galbraith
ngal@andrew.cmu.edu
world premiere: 6 February 1986
Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Orchestra
Werner Torkanowsky, conductor
Alumni Concert Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
audio sample: listen
orchestration: 3fl(pic), 2ob, 3cl(bs), 3bn(contra),
alto sax; 4hn, 2tpt, 3tbn(bs);
timp, 3perc, pno(cel), hrp, pno; strings
comments: "The Tower" was Galbraith's first post-academic orchestral work. Although not wholly programmatic, it is loosly based on the Major Arcana of the Tarot. The premiere was led by retired New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony conductor Werner Torkanowsky and rehearsed several times by Carnegie Mellon student-conductor Keith Lockhart.
source: nancygalbraith.com
 
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