Dont’s miss the Copland 125 Anniversary Concert – 14 November 2025 at All Saints Church, Bristol
I’m delighted to be able to announce that the Copland 125 Anniversary Concert will be taking place at the Church of All Saints in Bristol on Copland’s 125th birthday – 14 November 2025. Save the...
Copland conducts Copland: The Complete Columbia Album Collection – Review
Although it might seem like it, I don’t usually listen to wall to wall Copland. Like the man himself I seek variety. It’s certainly true that I do have a large Copland collection to...
The American Mozart – My thoughts on Brian Wilson
I heard about the death of Brian Wilson late yesterday evening. I was about to go to bed but instead I went back into the living room and pulled out Pet Sounds from my...
A Nightingale sings but Copland doesn’t dance – Barbara Hannigan in Copenhagen
Barbara Hannigan is a superstar of classical music and a one off. A generational talent who sings and conducts at the same time – seemingly using every fibre of her being to communicate the...
Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music & Cultural Politics – Review
A good book deserves to be read more than once. A good reference book will be taken from the book shelf on a regular basis. A good biography of Aaron Copland needs to shed...
Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez
Several times this last Sunday, when I mentioned the fact that I write a blog on Aaron Copland people looked at me a bit perplexed. There was a momentary slightly puzzled expression as if...
Darlington meets Darlington at the Nürnberger Symphoniker – review
100 years and two months ago Aaron Copland’s Symphony for Organ and Orchestra was premiered by the New York Symphony Orchestra. At the end of the concert the conductor Walter Damrosch turned to the...
A Land Without Music? – Sound World’s brilliant new podcast series
Here’s a New Year’s Resolution for you! Check out Sound World’s brilliant podcast series called A Land Without Music? If like me, you love classical music and believe that it provides a force for...
Music for a Great City: The Outcry Ensemble at Smith Square – Review
Even though I have been to plenty of superb performances this year there are a few good ‘uns that I’ve missed. Work, the Olympics and a family holiday have scuppered John Wilson at the...
Copland 125 – A year long music festival in Bristol?
For the last few years I have been thinking how I might celebrate the 125th anniversary of Aaron Copland’s birth. I am now ready to share the vision for Copland 125! The idea in...
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