Glennie/Albany So/Miller - Joan Tower: Strike Zones - Small, Still/Rapids, Ivory and Ebony

Joan Tower is widely regarded as one of today�s most important American composers. The works heard here in their world premiere recordings are part of a growing legacy that one pundit has described as �The Power of Tower.� Strike Zones is tailor-made for percussionist Evelyn Glennie�s dazzling technique and impeccable musicianship. The work�s orchestration is crafted to enhance a stage filled with percussion instruments � while in Small they are contained on a single table, the soloist working like a brilliant chef. The piano concerto Still/Rapids was inspired by the glistening beauty and powerful force of water, and Ivory and Ebony, written as a test piece for an international piano competition, is infused with Tower�s �high-energy� signature.